''Parvioris'' is a

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of small ectoparasitic

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s, marine

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s 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, se ...

.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Parvioris Warén, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137986 on 2014-12-24

Species

Species within the genus ''Parvioris'': * '' Parvioris astropectenicola'' (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) * '' Parvioris australiensis'' Warén, 1981 * '' Parvioris blakeae'' Warén, 1981 * '' Parvioris brevis'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) * '' Parvioris carneola'' (Gould, 1861) * '' Parvioris dilecta'' (E. A. Smith, 1899) * '' Parvioris equestris'' (Koehler & Vaney, 1912) * '' Parvioris fulvescens'' (A. Adams, 1866) * '' Parvioris ibizenca'' (Nordsieck, 1968) * '' Parvioris imitatrix'' (Boettger, 1893) * '' Parvioris inflexa'' (Pease, 1867) * '' Parvioris innocens'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Parvioris mortoni'' Warén, 1981 * '' Parvioris natalensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1899) * '' Parvioris nitens'' (Brazier, 1876) * '' Parvioris noumeae'' Warén, 1981 * '' Parvioris shoplandi'' (Melvill, 1898) * '' Parvioris sowerbyi'' (Barnard, 1963) * '' Parvioris styliferoides'' (Melvill & Standen, 1901) * '' Parvioris subobtusa'' (Laseron, 1955) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Parvioris anderswareni'' van Aartsen & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1991 : synonym of ''Parvioris ibizenca'' (Nordsieck, 1968) * ''Parvioris brevicula'' (Dunker MS, Tryon, 1886): synonym of '' Oceanida mindoroensis'' (Adams & Reeve, 1850) * ''Parvioris bryani'' (Pilsbry, 1918) : synonym of '' Melanella bryani'' Pilsbry, 1918 * ''Parvioris caledonica'' (Morlet, 1881) : synonym of ''Parvioris fulvescens'' (A. Adams, 1866) * ''Parvioris lata'' (Laseron, 1955) : synonym of ''Parvioris subobtusa'' (Laseron, 1955) * ''Parvioris mabutii'' (Nomura & Hatai, 1935) : synonym of ''Parvioris fulvescens'' (A. Adams, 1866) * ''Parvioris microstoma'' (Brusina, 1869) : synonym of ''Parvioris ibizenca'' (Nordsieck, 1968) * ''Parvioris nana'' (Monterosato, 1878) : synonym of '' Nanobalcis nana'' (Monterosato, 1878) * ''Parvioris saccata'' (Boettger, 1893) : synonym of ''Parvioris inflexa'' (Pease, 1867) * ''Parvioris submarginata'' (Sowerby, 1901) : synonym of ''Parvioris imitatrix'' (Boettger, 1893)

References

* Warén A. (1981) ''Revision of the genera Apicalia A. Adams and Stilapex Iredale and description of two new genera (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae).'' Zoologica Scripta 10: 133-154.

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae {{Eulimidae-stub