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Bulimeulima magna

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ4996416 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bulimeulima magna is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of two known species to exist within the genus Bulimeulima; the other congener is Bulimeulima incolorata.

References

Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al.

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The public source identifies “Bulimeulima magna” as species of mollusc. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bulimeulima, magna and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014, 2000, 2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bulimeulima, magna and species providing the first useful test.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4996416. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2014, 2000 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bulimeulima magna” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.