''Eulimacrostoma'' is a
genus
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of medium-sized
sea snails,
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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 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Eulimacrostoma Souza & Pimenta, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362296 on 2019-07-27]
Distribution
*
Species
* ''
Eulimacrostoma chascanon''
(R. B. Watson, 1883)
* ''
Eulimacrostoma fusus''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Eulimacrostoma lutescens''
(Simone, 2002)
* ''
Eulimacrostoma microsculpturatum''
Souza & Pimenta, 2019
* ''
Eulimacrostoma patulum''
(Dall & Simpson, 1901)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Eulimacrostoma microsculpturata''
Souza & Pimenta, 2019: synonym of ''Eulimacrostoma microsculpturatum''
Souza & Pimenta, 2019 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
References
External links
Souza L.S. de & Pimenta A.D. (2019). Eulimacrostoma gen. nov., a new genus of Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) with description of a new species and reevaluation of other western Atlantic species. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 95(2): 403-415
Eulimidae
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