Careliopsis bahiensis

Careliopsis bahiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Careliopsis
Species:
C. bahiensis
Binomial name
Careliopsis bahiensis
(Castellanos, 1982)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulimella (Careliopsis) bahiense Castellanos, 1982
  • Eulimella bahiensis Castellanos, 1982)
  • bahiensis (Castellanos, 1982)

Careliopsis bahiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Originally described as being within Eulimella, it was revised in November 2011 to Turbonilla.[2] A second revision in 2019 moved it to Careliopsis.[3]

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm. This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina.

References

  1. ^ a b "Careliopsis bahiensis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  2. ^ Pimenta A.D., F.N. dos Santos & R.S. Absalão (2011) Taxonomic revision of the genus Eulimella (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3063: 22-38; ISSN 1175-5334
  3. ^ Güller, Marina; Zelaya, Diego G (2019-02-01). "Revision of Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Argentina triples their diversity in northern Patagonia". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85 (1): 103–125. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyy053. ISSN 0260-1230.