Eulitoma arcus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Eulitoma |
| Species: | E. arcus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eulitoma arcus Bouchet & Warén, 1986
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Description
editThe length of the shell ranges typically from 4 mm to 7 mm in size. Shells belonging to this species have been obtained at depths of about 750 m below sea level.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- European waters (ERMS scope)
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet & Warén, 1986. BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183147 on 2013-02-14.
- ^ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS)
- ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/
External links
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