Eulimostraca
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Eulimostraca is a genus
of small, ectoparasitic sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Eulimidae
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Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small, ectoparasitic sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Eulimidae
Eulimidae
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Eulimoidea.These small snails live on or in echinoderms and have a proboscis which they extend into their host's body cavity.-Genera:...
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Species
Species within the genus Eulimostraca include:- Eulimostraca angusta (Watson, 1886)
- Eulimostraca armonica Espinosa, Ortea, Fernandez-Garcés & Moro, 2007
- Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917)
- Eulimostraca dalmata Espinosa, Ortea, Fernandez-Garcés & Moro, 2007
- Eulimostraca encalada Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
- Eulimostraca galapagensis Bartsch, 1917
- Eulimostraca indomatta Simone & Birman, 2007
- Eulimostraca linearis (Carpenter, 1858)
- Eulimostraca macleani Warén, 1992
- Eulimostraca subcarinata (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Eulimostraca attilioi Hertz & Hertz, 1982 : synonym of Niso attilioi (Hertz & Hertz, 1982)
- Eulimostraca bartschi Strong & Hertlein, 1937 : synonym of Microeulima bartschi (Strong & Hertlein, 1937)
- Eulimostraca panamensis (Bartsch, 1917) : synonym of Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917)
- Eulimostraca pusio (A. Adams, 1864) : synonym of Leiostraca titania A. Adams, 1861