Eulimene Wood 1872 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae

Alternative spelling: Littorina (Eulimene)

Parent taxon: Littorinidae according to Global Biodiversity Information Facility 2015

See also Marquet 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cenchritis, Dissochilus, Echinininae, Echinolittorina, Gouetina, Lacuninae, Laevilitorina, Laevilitorininae, Littoraria, Littorina, Littorininae, Melarhaphe, Mirolacuna, Neritrema, Nodilittorina, Peasiella, Praelittorina, Procancellaria, Risella, Risellopsis, Rissellinae, Tectariinae, Tectarius, Heterospira, Hallstadtia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Felixstowe, Suffolk [Red Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

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