Eulimidae

Eulimidae
	Apertural view of the shell of Melanella candida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Vanikoroidea
Family:	Eulimidae; Philippi, 1853
Synonyms
	Aclididae G.O. Sars, 1878; Asterophilidae Thiele, 1925; Enteroxenidae Schwanwitsch, 1917; Enteroxeninae Schwanwitsch, 1917 (a junior synonym); Entocolacidae Voigt, 1888; Entoconchidae Keferstein, 1864; Melanellidae Iredale, 1915; Paedophoropodidae A. V. Ivanov, 1933; Pelseneeriidae Schwanwitsch, 1917; Pherusidae Locard, 1886 (type genus a junior homonym of Pherusa Oken, 1807, and several others); Roseniidae Nierstrasz, 1913; Stiliferidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853; Strombiformidae Iredale, 1915; Stylinidae Philippi, 1853 (Invalid: type genus [Stylina Fleming, 1828] a junior homonym); Thycidae Thiele, 1929; Thycinae Thiele, 1929; Turtoniidae Rosén, 1910 (Invalid: type genus [Turtonia Rosén, 1910] a junior homonym);

Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.

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