Family of gastropods
| Eulimidae
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| Apertural view of the shell of Melanella candida
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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| Order:
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Littorinimorpha
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| Superfamily:
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Vanikoroidea
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| Family:
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Eulimidae
Philippi, 1853
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| Synonyms[1]
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- Aclididae G.O. Sars, 1878
- Asterophilidae Thiele, 1925
- Enteroxenidae Schwanwitsch, 1917
- Enteroxeninae Schwanwitsch, 1917 (a junior synonym)
- Entocolacidae Voigt, 1888
- Entoconchidae Keferstein, 1864
- Melanellidae Iredale, 1915
- Paedophoropodidae A. V. Ivanov, 1933
- Pelseneeriidae Schwanwitsch, 1917
- Pherusidae Locard, 1886 (type genus a junior homonym of Pherusa Oken, 1807, and several others)
- Roseniidae Nierstrasz, 1913
- Stiliferidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Strombiformidae Iredale, 1915
- Stylinidae Philippi, 1853 (Invalid: type genus [Stylina Fleming, 1828] a junior homonym)
- Thycidae Thiele, 1929
- Thycinae Thiele, 1929
- Turtoniidae Rosén, 1910 (Invalid: type genus [Turtonia Rosén, 1910] a junior homonym)
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Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.[1]
