''Aliculastrum'' is a

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of small

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s or bubble snails, marine

opisthobranch Opisthobranchs () is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping. Euopistho ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s in the family

Haminoeidae Haminoeidae, commonly known as the haminoeid bubble snail family, is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Haminoeoidea. The name of this family has long been controversial, and used to be ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718604 on 2024-08-11 This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of '' Atys''.

Life habits

These bubble snails are

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; they live on plant or

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l substrates.

Species

Species in the genus ''Aliculastrum'' include: * † '' Aliculastrum attenuatum'' (J. de C. Sowerby, 1831)Conchology.be: Aliculastrum cylindricum
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Aliculastrum cylindricum ''Aliculastrum cylindricum'', (common names: cylindrical atys, cylindrical true bubble, silkworm shell), is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Haminoeidae. Description The length of the shell reaches . (Described as ''Bulla elo ...

'' (Helbling, 1779) * '' Aliculastrum debile'' (Pease, 1860) * '' Aliculastrum exaratum'' (Carpenter, 1857) * † '' Aliculastrum extensum'' (J. de C. Sowerby, 1831) * '' Aliculastrum parallelum'' (Gould, 1847) * † '' Aliculastrum protocylindricum'' (Vredenburg, 1925) * '' Aliculastrum secalinum'' (A. Adams, 1862) * '' Aliculastrum solidum'' (Bruguière, 1792) * '' Aliculastrum tumidum'' (Burn, 1978) * '' Aliculastrum volvulina'' (A. Adams, 1862) ;Synonyms: * ''Aliculastrum ooformis'' (Habe, 1964): synonym of '' Vellicolla ooformis'' (Habe, 1952)

References

External links

Ehrenberg C.G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F.G. Hemprich & C.G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)

Pilsbry H.A. (1895-1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. (1)16: Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae, pp. i-vii [1896], 1–112 [1895], 113–262 [1896], pl. 1-31 [1895], 32–74 [1896]. Philadelphia, Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences

Too, C. C.; Carlson, C.; Hoff, P. J.; Malaquias, M. A. E. (2014). Diversity and systematics of Haminoeidae gastropods (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in the tropical West Pacific Ocean: new data on the genera Aliculastrum, Atys, Diniatys and Liloa. Zootaxa. 3794 (3): 355–392

https://doi.org/10.1071/is18051
Haminoeidae Gastropod genera {{Heterobranchia-stub