''Scalenostoma'' is a
genus
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of very small
ectoparasitic
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sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
Eulimidae
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Description
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family
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. .
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Scalenostoma Deshayes, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206350 on 2014-12-26]
Species
Species within the genera ''Scalenostoma'' include:
* ''
Scalenostoma babylonia''
(Bartsch, 1912)
* ''
Scalenostoma carinatum''
Deshayes, 1863
* ''
Scalenostoma lodderae''
(Petterd, 1884)
* ''
Scalenostoma perrierae''
Barros, Padovan & Santos, 2001
* ''
Scalenostoma subulatum''
(Broderip, 1832)
; Taxon inquirendum:
* ''Scalenostoma mariei''
P. Fischer, 1886
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Scalenostoma abbreviata''
(Mörch, 1875): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum''
(Broderip, 1832)
* ''Scalenostoma apiculatum''
Souverbie, 1875: synonym of ''Scalenostoma carinatum''
Deshayes, 1863
* ''Scalenostoma corallina''
(Chemnitz, 1795): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum''
(Broderip, 1832)
* ''Scalenostoma deshayesi''
A. Adams, 1870: synonym of ''Scalenostoma carinatum''
Deshayes, 1863
* ''Scalenostoma hawaiiensis''
(Pilsbry, 1920): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum''
(Broderip, 1832)
* ''Scalenostoma latior''
(Pilsbry, 1917): synonym of ''Scalenostoma carinatum''
Deshayes, 1863
* ''Scalenostoma lubricum''
P. Fischer, 1886: synonym of ''Scalenostoma carinatum''
Deshayes, 1863
* ''Scalenostoma pyramidata''
Laseron, 1951: synonym of ''
Megastomia pyramidata''
(Laseron, 1951)
* ''Scalenostoma remotissimus''
(Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum''
(Broderip, 1832)
* ''Scalenostoma robusta''
(Petterd, 1884): synonym of ''Scalenostoma lodderae''
(Petterd, 1884)
* ''Scalenostoma striatum''
Hedley, 1905: synonym of ''
Trochostilifer striatus''
(Hedley, 1905)
* ''Scalenostoma subcarina''
Laseron, 1951: synonym of ''
Megastomia subcarina''
(Laseron, 1951)
* ''Scalenostoma suteri''
W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of ''
Pyramidelloides suteri''
(W. R. B. Oliver, 1915)
* ''Scalenostoma thomasiae''
(Sowerby, 1878): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum''
(Broderip, 1832)
* ''Scalenostoma thomasii''
(Sowerby, 1884): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum''
(Broderip, 1832)
References
* Warén A. (1980). ''Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)''. Zoologica Scripta 9: 187-210
* Warén A. (1984) ''A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)''. Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96
External links
Deshayes, 1863 ''Catalogue des Mollusques de l'ile de la Réunion'' (Bourbon): 58Pilsbry, 1917 Marine mollusks of Hawaii, I-III; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 69: 226, 227Laseron, C. F. (1955). Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. The Australian Zoologist. 12 (2): 83-107, 3 pl
Eulimidae
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