Eulimella polita

Eulimella polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

[1][2][3][4] The name Eulimella polita (A. E. Verrill, 1872) [for a species from the NW Atlantic] is a secondary junior homonym of Eulimella polita de Folin, 1870 [for a species from West Africa], and thus an invalid name.

In such a case, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature requires that the younger name Eulimella polita (A.E.

Until such a substitute name is established, WoRMS lists provisionally the two species as distinct, although one is designated by an invalid name.

The teleoconch contains twelve whorls that are well rounded, smooth and glossy.