''Stilapex'' is a
genus
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of very small
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...
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
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s or
micromollusk
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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 ...
.
Species
Species within the genera ''Stilapex'' include:
*''
Stilapex cookeanus''
Bartsch, 1917
*''
Stilapex eburnea''
Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909
*''
Stilapex lactarius''
Iredale, 1925 (
Type taxon)
*''
Stilapex montrouzieri''
Souverbie, 1869
*''
Stilapex ophiuraphila''
Habe, 1976
*''
Stilapex parva''
Schepman, 1909
*''
Stilapex polaris''
Hedley, 1916
*''
Stilapex suzuki''
Habe, 1991
*''
Stilapex teremachii''
Habe, 1958
*''
Stilapex thielei''
Sturany, 1903
*''
Stilapex zebra''
Habe, 1976
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Stilapex cookeana''
ic: synonym of ''Stilapex cookeanus''
(Bartsch, 1917)
* ''Stilapex koyamai''
Habe, 1976 : synonym of ''
Peasistilifer koyamai'' (
Habe, 1976)
* ''Stilapex laseroni''
Cotton, 1957 : synonym of ''Stilapex parva''
(Schepman, 1909)
* ''Stilapex tokii''
Habe, 1974: synonym of ''
Echinothuricola tokii''
(Habe, 1974)
References
* Iredale, T. 1925. ''Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia''. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 243-270
* Souverbie, S.M. 1869. ''Diagnoses de Mollusques inédits provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie''. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 416-421
External links
*
Marine Species Identification Portal
Eulimidae
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