Haldra
Encyclopedia
Haldra is a genus
of pyramidellid
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae
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sensu lato, they are likely to be ectoparasites.
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 pyramidellid
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
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Life habits
Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the PyramidellidaePyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
sensu lato, they are likely to be ectoparasites.
Species
Species within the genus Haldra include:- Haldra photis (Carpenter, 1857) - type species as Odostomia (Chrysallida) photis