Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Vanikoroidea

Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Pherusidae*	Locard, 1886	junior homonym
*Aclididae*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym

Children

Aclis Lovén, 1846
Acrochalix Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Batheulima F. Nordsieck, 1968
Bathycrinicola Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Bulimeulima Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Campylorhaphion Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Chileutomia Tate & Cossmann, 1898
Costaclis Bartsch, 1947
Crinolamia Bouchet & Warén, 1979
Crinophtheiros Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Curveulima Laseron, 1955
Discaclis Moolenbeek & Warén, 1987
Echineulima Lützen & C. Nielsen, 1975
Enteroxenos Bonnevie, 1902
Entocolax Voigt, 1888
Entoconcha J. Müller, 1852
Ersilia Monterosato, 1872
Eulima Risso, 1826
Eulitoma Laseron, 1955
Fuscapex Warén, 1981
Fusceulima Laseron, 1955
Haliella Monterosato, 1878
Halielloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Hemiaclis G. O. Sars, 1878
Hemiliostraca Pilsbry, 1917
Megadenus Rosén, 1910
Melanella Bowdich, 1822
Mucronalia A. Adams, 1860
Nanobalcis Warén & Mifsud, 1990
Niso Risso, 1826
Oceanida de Folin, 1870
Ophieulima Warén & Sibuet, 1981
Ophiolamia Warén & Carney, 1981
Parastilbe Cossmann, 1900
Parvioris Warén, 1981
Pelseneeria Koehler & Vaney, 1908
Pisolamia Bouchet & Lützen, 1976
Polygireulima Sacco, 1892
Rectilabrum Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Sabinella Monterosato, 1890
Sticteulima Laseron, 1955
Stilifer Broderip, 1832
Umbilibalcis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Vitreolina Monterosato, 1884

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: glanshorens sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

English: urchin-snails sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Pfriemschnecken sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: ハナゴウナ科

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].
additional source	Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. suppl 13: 1-96.
status source	Takano, T.; Kano, Y. (2014). Molecular phylogenetic investigations of the relationships of the echinoderm-parasite family Eulimidae within Hypsogastropoda (Mollusca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 258-269.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135