''Sticteulima'' is a
genus
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of very small
ectoparasitic
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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
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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
These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, se ...
family
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.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Sticteulima Laseron, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137991 on 2014-12-27]
Species
Species within the genera ''Sticteulima'' include:
* ''
Sticteulima australiensis''
(Thiele, 1930)
* ''
Sticteulima badia''
(Watson, 1897)
* ''
Sticteulima cameroni''
Laseron, 1955
* ''
Sticteulima constellata''
(Melvill, 1898)
* ''
Sticteulima fuscopunctata''
(E. A. Smith, 1890)
* ''
Sticteulima incidenta''
(Laseron, 1955)
* ''
Sticteulima jeffreysiana''
(Brusina, 1869)
* ''
Sticteulima kawamurai''
(Habe, 1961)
* ''
Sticteulima lata''
Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* ''
Sticteulima lentiginosa''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''
Sticteulima piperata''
(Sowerby, 1901)
* ''
Sticteulima piperita''
(Hedley, 1909)
* ''
Sticteulima plenicolora''
Raines, 2003
* ''
Sticteulima portensis''
(Laseron, 1955)
* ''
Sticteulima richteri''
Engl, 1997
* ''
Sticteulima spreta''
(A. Adams, 1864)
* ''
Sticteulima wareni''
Engl, 1997
:Taxa inquerenda:
* ''Sticteulima amamiensis''
(Habe, 1961)
* ''Sticteulima ariel''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''Sticteulima interrupta''
(A. Adams, 1864)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Sticteulima kermadecensis''
(Oliver, 1915): synonym of ''
Melanella kermadecensis''
W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
References
* Laseron C. F. (1955). ''Revision of the New South Wales Eulimoid shells.'' Australian Zoologist 12 (2): 83-101
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