''Hemiaclis'' 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
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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
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 ...
.
[G.O. Sars, 1878. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS). 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 catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137976 on 2013-03-03.[Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at ]
Species
Species within this genus include the following:
* ''
Hemiaclis carolinensis''
(Bartsch, 1911)
* ''
Hemiaclis georgiana''
(Dall, 1927)
* ''
Hemiaclis incolorata''
(Thiele, 1912)
* ''
Hemiaclis katrinae''
(Engl, 2006)
* ''
Hemiaclis major''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
* ''
Hemiaclis obtusa''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
* ''
Hemiaclis ventrosa''
(Friele, 1874)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Hemiaclis aqabaensis''
(Bandel, 2005): synonym of ''
Murchisonella aqabaensis''
(Bandel, 2005)
* ''Hemiaclis dalli''
(Bartsch, 1911) : synonym of ''
Aclis sarissa''
(Watson, 1881)
* ''Hemiaclis fernandinae''
(Dall, 1927): synonym of ''
Aclis tenuis''
A. E. Verrill, 1882
* ''Hemiaclis glabra''
(G.O. Sars, 1878) : synonym of ''
Hemiaclis ventrosa''
(Friele, 1874)
* ''Hemiaclis lata''
(Dall, 1927): synonym of ''
Umbilibalcis lata''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Hemiaclis marguerita''
(Bartsch, 1947) : synonym of ''
Aclis marguerita''
(Bartsch, 1947)
* ''Hemiaclis obtusus''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986) : synonym of ''
Hemiaclis obtusus''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
* ''Hemiaclis tanneri''
(Bartsch, 1947) : synonym of ''
Aclis tanneri''
(Bartsch, 1947)
* ''Hemiaclis ventrosus''
(Friele, 1876) : synonym of ''
Hemiaclis ventrosa''
(Friele, 1874)
References
External links
To World Register of Marine SpeciesGofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
Eulimidae
{{Eulimidae-stub