Polygireulima is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described as Acicularia by Monterosato in 1884, a name ruled invalid as a homonym of several prior names. In 1984, Anders Warén's "A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)" synonymised Acicularia with Federico Sacco's 1892 description of Polygireulima.
Species Species within the Polygireulima genera include: † Polygireulima acumen (Deshayes, 1862) † Polygireulima acuncula (Deshayes, 1862) † Polygireulima deshayesi (Cossmann, 1888) Polygireulima glabella (S. V. Wood, 1848) † Polygireulima montilysensis (Bałuk, 1995) Polygireulima rutila Carpenter, 1864 † Polygireulima spina (Grateloup, 1838) † Polygireulima subimbricata (Cossmann, 1888) † Polygireulima subnitida (A. d'Orbigny, 1850)
Species brought into synonymy Polygireulima amblytera Verrill & Bush, 1900: synonym of Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900) A parasite of echinoderms, existing in subtidal habitats in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Polygireulima monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890): synonym of Melanella pyramidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Polygireulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758) Polygireulima sinuosa (Scacchi, 1836): synonym of Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym, and superseded combination)
References
Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.