Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Alternative spelling: Melanella (Eulima)
Synonym: Sulcosubularia Sacco 1892
Parent taxon: Eulimidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Addicott 1970, Darragh 2017, Ladd 1982, Martin 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964, Vaught et al. 1989, Ward and Blackwelder 1987, Wienrich 2001, Wilson 1993 and Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: Anteglosia, Apicalia, Asterolamia, Asterophilidae, Chileutomia, Coroniscala, Curveulima, Echineulima, Entoconchidae, Eulitoma, Fusceulima, Hebeulima, Hemiliostraca, Hoplopteron, Hordeulima, Hypermastus, Leutzenia, Lissochilina, Margineulima, Megadenus, Melanella, Microstilifer, Mucronalia, Niso, Paedophoropodidae, Parvioris, Peasistilifer, Pelseneeria, Pictobalcis, Polygireulima, Pulicicochlea, Pyramidelloides, Rostreulima, Sabinella, Scalenostoma, Sticteulima, Stilapex, Stilifer, Stiliferidae, Thyca, Trochostilifer, Vitreobalcis, Leiostraca, Strombiformis, Protonema, Balcis
Subtaxa: Eulima (Hordeulima) Eulima aciculata Eulima acuta Eulima antiqua Eulima bifasciata Eulima clara Eulima danae Eulima extremis Eulima falcata Eulima gabbiana Eulima gracilistylis Eulima hastata Eulima juncea Eulima laevigata Eulima lamberti Eulima naumanni Eulima nobilis Eulima persimplica Eulima polita Eulima puncturata Eulima sarissiformis Eulima striatissima Eulima subulata Eulima wanneri
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (2 collections), the Marshall Islands (2), Mayotte (4), Panama (1), South Africa (1), United States (5: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (2), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (8), the United Kingdom (4), United States (6: Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (29), Italy (2), the Marshall Islands (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (1), Palau (1), Panama (12), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (5: California, Florida, Maryland)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), France (2), Indonesia (1), Panama (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (38: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Poland (1), Puerto Rico (1), United States (2: Illinois, Maryland)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (38: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 210 collections including 281 occurrences
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