WoRMS taxon details
Eulimacrostoma L. Souza & Pimenta, 2019
1362296 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1362296)
accepted
Genus
Eulimacrostoma microsculpturatum L. Souza & Pimenta, 2019 (type by original designation)
- Species Eulimacrostoma chascanon (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Species Eulimacrostoma fusus (Dall, 1889)
- Species Eulimacrostoma lutescens (Simone, 2002)
- Species Eulimacrostoma microsculpturatum L. Souza & Pimenta, 2019
- Species Eulimacrostoma patulum (Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901)
- Species Eulimacrostoma phorcys L. Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
- Species Eulimacrostoma microsculpturata Souza & Pimenta, 2019 accepted as Eulimacrostoma microsculpturatum L. Souza & Pimenta, 2019 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
neuter
Souza L.S. de & Pimenta A.D. (2019). <i>Eulimacrostoma</i> gen. nov., a new genus of Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) with description of a new species and reevaluation of other western Atlantic species. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 95(2): 403-415., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.33880
page(s): 404 [details]
page(s): 404 [details]
Type locality contained in Northeastern Brazil
type locality contained in Northeastern Brazil [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eulimacrostoma L. Souza & Pimenta, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362296 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Souza L.S. de & Pimenta A.D. (2019). <i>Eulimacrostoma</i> gen. nov., a new genus of Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) with description of a new species and reevaluation of other western Atlantic species. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 95(2): 403-415., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.33880
page(s): 404 [details]
page(s): 404 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Souza & Pimenta treated Eulimacrostoma as a genus of feminine gender. However, under Art. 30 of the Code, the gender of Eulimacrostoma is determined by the gender of the Greek noun stoma, which is neuter. See the examples given for Art. 30.1.2. [details]
