Eulima major is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Eulima.[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: | Eulima |
| Species: | E. major
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| Binomial name | |
| Eulima major G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
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Description
editThe shell measures approximately 38 mm in length.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the following locations:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208409 on 2013-02-07.
- ^ Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
- ^ Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.
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