''Eulimacrostoma'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of medium-sized
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,
marine 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 ...
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 cucumbers, se ...
.
[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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