Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Abyssoaclis alagoensis		Western Atlantic.		2003
Aclis acuta		Atlantic Ocean.		1884
Aclis angulata		Eastern Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1890
Aclis ascaris		Mediterranean Sea.		1819
Aclis attenuans		Mediterranean Sea.		1883
Aclis californica		Mediterranean Sea.		1927
Aclis carolinensis	Carolina Aclis	North America.	0.5 DL	1911
Aclis conula		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1927
Aclis cubana		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1911
Aclis dalli		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1911
Aclis didyma		Eastern Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1890
Aclis egregia		Eastern Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1889
Aclis eolis		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1947
Aclis floridana		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1911
Aclis georgiana		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1927
Aclis gulsonae		Mediterranean Sea.		1850
Aclis hendersoni	Angular Aclis	Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927
Aclis hyalina		Western Central Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1880
Aclis immaculata		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1927
Aclis kanela		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	2009
Aclis lata		Western Atlantic.	5.5 DL	1889
Aclis limata		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1927
Aclis macrostoma		Western Atlantic.		2007
Aclis marguerita		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	1947
Aclis minor		Northeast Atlantic and th		1827
Aclis nucleata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1889
Aclis occidentalis	Pacific Aclis	East Pacific.		1894
Aclis pendata		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927
Aclis pyramida		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1927
Aclis rhyssa		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1927
Aclis rushi		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1911
Aclis sarissa		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1881
Aclis sarsi		Northeast Atlantic and th		1912
Aclis shepardiana		Northeast Atlantic and th		1919
Aclis simillima		Eastern Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1890
Aclis stilifer		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1927
Aclis striata		Western Atlantic.		1880
Aclis tenuis	Thin Aclis	Northwest Atlantic	0.4 DL	1882
Aclis terebra		Northwest Atlantic		1930
Aclis trilineata		Mediterranean Sea.		1897
Aclis turrita	Turreted Aclis	East Pacific.		1864
Aclis verrilli		East Pacific.		1911
Aclis walleri		Northeast Atlantic		1867
Aclis watsoni		Western Atlantic.		2007
Annulobalcis aurisflamma		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1995
Annulobalcis procera		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	2002
Asterophila japonica		Western Atlantic.		1912
Auriculigerina miranda		Mediterranean Sea.		1925
Bacula morisyuichiroi		Eastern Central Pacific		1968
Batheulima epixantha		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	2002
Batheulima fuscoapicata		Atlantic Ocean.	0.4 DL	1884
Batheulima lutescens		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	2002
Bathycrinicola nacraensis		Mediterranean Sea.		2003
Bathycrinicola tumidula		Antarctic Atlantic		1912
Campylorhaphion famelicum		Mediterranean Sea.		1883
Chileutomia raveggii		Mediterranean Sea.		2021
Clathrus clathrus		Mediterranean Sea.
Coenaculum weerdtae		Western Central Atlantic	0.2 NG	1992
Concavibalcis haterumaensis		Northwest Pacific		2022
Concavibalcis scalaris		Western Central Pacific		1980
Costaclis egregia		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1889
Costaclis hyalina		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1881
Costaclis mizon		Atlantic Ocean.		1881
Crinolamia edwardiensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1880
Crinolamia kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific		1964
Crinophtheiros comatulicola		Mediterranean Sea.		1875
Crinophtheiros giustii		Mediterranean Sea.		1991
Curveulima beneitoi		Mediterranean Sea.		2006
Curveulima devians		Mediterranean Sea.		1884
Cythnia albida		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1864
Cythnia asteriaphila		Western Atlantic.
Diacolax cucumariae		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1946
Echineulima robusta		Eastern Central Pacific		1861
Echineulima toki		Western Central Pacific		1974
Enteroxenos parastichopoli		Northeast Pacific		1961
Entocolax ludwigii		Western Atlantic and East		1888
Entocolax schwanwitschi		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1938
Entoconcha mirabilis		Mediterranean Sea.		1852
Ersilia mediterranea		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Ersilia stancyki	Brittlestar snail	Western Central Atlantic	0.1 DL	1980
Eulima alaskensis	Alaska eulima	East Pacific.		1917
Eulima almo		East Pacific.		1917
Eulima altimirai		Mediterranean Sea.		1977
Eulima amblia		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1883
Eulima atlantica		Eastern Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1890
Eulima auricincta	Gold-stripe eulima	Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1958
Eulima bifascialis		Northwest Pacific		1863
Eulima bifasciata	Two-band eulima	Eastern Central Pacific a	1.1 DL	1842
Eulima bilineata		Mediterranean Sea, Northe		1848
Eulima chionea		Atlantic Ocean.	0.2 DL	1986
Eulima chyta		Eastern Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1883
Eulima cracentis		Eastern Atlantic.		2021
Eulima elata		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1927
Eulima ephamilla		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1883
Eulima fulvocincta	Brown-varice eulima	Western Central Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1850
Eulima fuscescens		Eastern Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1890
Eulima fuscozonata		Mediterranean Sea.		1986
Eulima fusus		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1889
Eulima germana		Eastern Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1890
Eulima glabra		Mediterranean		1778
Eulima gracillima		Mediterranean		1865
Eulima hemphillii		Mediterranean	5 DL	1884
Eulima lacca		Northwest Pacific		1971
Eulima leptozona		Mediterranean Sea.		1896
Eulima maria		Northwest Pacific		1861
Eulima masseneti		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1867
Eulima mulata		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1990
Eulima onychina		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1867
Eulima patula	Largemouth eulima	Western Central Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1901
Eulima raymondi	California eulima	East Pacific.		1904
Eulima rectiuscula		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1890
Eulima varians		Eastern Pacific.		1834
Eulimacrostoma phorcys		Eastern Pacific.		2021
Eulimostraca armonica		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2007
Eulimostraca dalmata		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2007
Eulimostraca encalada		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2006
Eulimostraca hemphilli		Western Atlantic.
Eulimostraca indomatta		Western Atlantic.		2007
Eulimostraca subcarinata	Brown-line eulima	Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1842
Eulitoma insignis		Atlantic Ocean.	1.9 DL	1896
Fuscapex ophioacanthicola		Southwest Pacific		1981
Fusceulima digitalis		Southwest Pacific		2021
Fusceulima keppensi		Southwest Pacific		2021
Fusceulima minuta		Mediterranean Sea.	0.2 DL	1884
Fusceulima projectilabrum		Atlantic Ocean.	0.2 DL	1986
Fusceulima robini		Atlantic Ocean.		2021
Fusceulima watsoni		Atlantic Ocean.		2021
Goriella dalli		Atlantic Ocean.		2022
Haliella stenostoma		Arctic, Northern Atlantic	0.9 DL
Halielloides fragilis		Mediterranean Sea.		1986
Halielloides verrilliana		Western Atlantic.		1909
Hemiaclis incolorata		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.7 DL	1912
Hemiaclis katrinae		Western Atlantic.		2006
Hemiaclis ventrosa		Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	0.4 DL	1874
Hemiliostraca bahamondei		Southeast Pacific		1980
Hemiliostraca peasei		Eastern Central Pacific		1886
Hemiliostraca perspicua		Southwest Pacific		1915
Hypermastus boschorum		Western Indian Ocean		1991
Hypermastus epiphanes		Western Indian Ocean		1897
Hypermastus matericola		Western Central Pacific		1994
Hypermastus randolphi		Western Central Pacific		1900
Leiostraca carforti		Western Atlantic and East	0.7 DL	1889
Megadenus holothuricola		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1910
Megadenus smithi		Western Atlantic.		2021
Melanella abida		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1927
Melanella acicula		Western Central Pacific		1849
Melanella aciculata		Pacific Ocean		1861
Melanella adiastalta		Pacific Ocean		2021
Melanella alba		Western Indian Ocean and		1778
Melanella anachorea		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927
Melanella anapetes		Western Atlantic.		2021
Melanella antarctica		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1908
Melanella arcuata		Western Central Atlantic		1850
Melanella arleyi		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2001
Melanella atypha		Western Atlantic	0.3 DL	1900
Melanella bakeri		Western Atlantic		1917
Melanella berryi		Western Atlantic		1917
Melanella boscheineni		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2004
Melanella boscii		Mediterranean Sea.		1826
Melanella bovicornu		Western Central Pacific		1905
Melanella breviuscula		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1875
Melanella californica		Western Atlantic.		1917
Melanella callistemma		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1927
Melanella carolii		Western Atlantic.		1889
Melanella catalinensis		Western Atlantic.		1917
Melanella chascanon		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1883
Melanella chaunax		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1883
Melanella chydaea		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1883
Melanella cinca		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1927
Melanella columbiana		Western Atlantic.		1917
Melanella compacta		Western Atlantic.		1866
Melanella compsa		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1900
Melanella conoidea	Conoidal eulima	Atlantic Ocean.	1.3 DL	1851
Melanella convexa		Western Atlantic and West	0.6 DL	1907
Melanella corrida		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1927
Melanella crosseana		Mediterranean Sea.		1886
Melanella cumingii		Indo-Pacific.		1854
Melanella cylindrata		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1883
Melanella delmontensis		Western Atlantic.		1948
Melanella doederleini		Mediterranean Sea.		1886
Melanella dufresnii		Central Pacific		1822
Melanella eburnea		Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1824
Melanella engonia		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1900
Melanella eulimoides	Grooved eulima	Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1850
Melanella exulata		Western Atlantic and West	0.9 DL	1915
Melanella fasciata		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1883
Melanella fernandinae		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1927
Melanella frielei		Mediterranean Sea.		1895
Melanella fuscopunctata		Eastern Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1890
Melanella glypta		Mediterranean Sea.		1986
Melanella gomphus		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1883
Melanella gracilis		Western Atlantic	0.6 DL	1850
Melanella grippi		Western Atlantic		1917
Melanella guenteri		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2004
Melanella guildingii		Western Atlantic.		1854
Melanella hebes		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1883
Melanella hians		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	1883
Melanella hyalina		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1883
Melanella hypsela	Slender eulima	Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1900
Melanella insculpta		Atlantic Ocean.	0.4 DL	1986
Melanella intermedia		Western Central Atlantic		1835
Melanella ira		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927
Melanella jamaicensis	Jamaica eulima	Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1845
Melanella junieri		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	2006
Melanella karolinae		Western Atlantic.		2006
Melanella laseroni		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1916
Melanella lastra		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1917
Melanella letsonae		Eastern Central Pacific		1917
Melanella lineata		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Melanella lubrica		Mediterranean Sea.		1890
Melanella macra		Mediterranean Sea.		1917
Melanella martini		Western Central Pacific		1854
Melanella marviva		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2006
Melanella micans	Shining balcis	Northeast Pacific		1865
Melanella microsculpta		Mediterranean Sea.		1986
Melanella montereyensis	Monterey eulima	East Pacific.		1917
Melanella monterosatoi		Mediterranean Sea.		1890
Melanella nilae		Western Atlantic.		2006
Melanella ogasawarana		Eastern Central Pacific		1905
Melanella oldroydae		Eastern Central Pacific		1917
Melanella oleacea		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1851
Melanella ophiodon		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1927
Melanella orphanensis		Atlantic Ocean.	0.5 DL	1974
Melanella paraabida		Atlantic Ocean.		2021
Melanella parallela		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927
Melanella peninsularis	Baja eulima	East Pacific.		1917
Melanella penna		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1927
Melanella perplexa		Southwest Pacific		1915
Melanella perversa		Western Atlantic.		1909
Melanella petitiana		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Melanella pisinna		Southeast Pacific		1980
Melanella polita		Mediterranean Sea.		1758
Melanella praecurta		Mediterranean Sea.		1904
Melanella psila		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1883
Melanella rutila		Western Atlantic.		1864
Melanella salvadori		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.7 DL	1987
Melanella sankurieae		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2004
Melanella sarissa		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1883
Melanella sarsi		Western Atlantic.		1909
Melanella solitaria		Southwest Atlantic, Antar	0.5 DL	1915
Melanella spinosa		Southwest Pacific		1915
Melanella spiridioni		Mediterranean Sea.		1896
Melanella stalioi		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Melanella stamina		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927
Melanella subantarctica		Western Atlantic and East	0.7 DL	1908
Melanella tacomaensis	Tacoma eulima	East Pacific.		1917
Melanella teinostoma		Western Central Pacific		1853
Melanella thersites		Western Central Pacific		1864
Melanella translucens		Mediterranean Sea.		1890
Melanella versa		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927

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Family: Eulimidae (See list of species below)

Family: Eulimidae

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