''Thyonicola'' is a

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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 ...

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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 ...

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.Bouchet, P. (2014). Thyonicola Mandahl-Barth, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537138 on 2014-12-29

Species

Species within the genera ''Thyonicola'' include: * '' Thyonicola americana'' Tikasingh, 1961 * ''

Thyonicola dogieli ''Thyonicola dogieli'' is a parasitic species of gastropod mollusc in the family Eulimidae. It parasitises sea cucumbers in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Description This slender elongated mollusc does not have a shell and takes the form of ...

'' (A. V. Ivanov, 1945) * '' Thyonicola mortenseni'' Mandahl-Barth, 1941

References

* Warén A. (1984) ''A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1–96. Eulimidae {{Eulimidae-stub