''Bacula lamberti'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
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, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
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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 cucumbers, sea ...
. The species is one of three known species to exist within the genus ''
Bacula
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'', the other two being ''
Bacula morisyuichiroi
''Bacula morisyuichiroi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of three other species known to exist within this genus of gastropods, the other species are '' Bacula lamberti'' and '' B ...
'' and ''
Bacula striolata''.
[Souverbie, 1875. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Content
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565999 on 2013-02-11.
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae
Gastropods described in 1875
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