''Amamibalcis'' is a
genus
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of
ectoparasitic
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sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Eulimidae
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Description
These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumber ...
.
[Kuroda & Habe, 1950. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.
page(s): 29 Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536936 on 2013-02-01.
Species
There are five known
species
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within the genus ''Amamibalcis'':
* ''
Amamibalcis comoxensis
''Amamibalcis comoxensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Eulimidae.Bartsch, 1917. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
''
(Bartsch, 1917)
* ''
Amamibalcis conspicuus''
(Golikov, 1985)
* ''
Amamibalcis flavipunctata''
(Habe, 1961)
* ''
Amamibalcis gracillima''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1865)
* ''
Amamibalcis yessonensis''
(Rybakov & Yakolev, 1993)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Amamibalcis kawamurai''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1950): synonym of ''
Melanella kawamurai''
(Huroda & Habe, 1950).
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae
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