''Nanobalcis'' 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 minute
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 ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Nanobalcis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137980 on 2014-12-23]
Species
* ''
Nanobalcis cherbonnier''i
Warén, 1990
* ''
Nanobalcis nana''
(Monterosato, 1878)
* ''
Nanobalcis worsfoldi''
Warén, 1990
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Nanobalcis chondrocidaricola''
(Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984): synonym of ''
Vitreolina chondrocidaricola''
Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984
* ''Nanobalcis hawaiiensis''
(Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984): synonym of ''
Vitreolina hawaiiensis''
Warén, B. L. Burch & T. A. Burch, 1984
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species Warén A. & Mifsud C. (1990). ''Nanobalcis a new eulimid genus (Prosobranchia) parasitic on cidaroid sea urchins, with two new species, and comments on Sabinella bonifaciae (Nordsieck).'' Bollettino Malacologico 26 (1-4): 37-46
Eulimidae
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