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Eulimidae

Gofas, Serge;Luque, Ángel A.;Oliver, Joan Daniel;Templado, José;Serrano, Alberto

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Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.

Species

urchin-snails

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderLittorinimorpha
  5. FamilyEulimidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded63,559

瓷螺科(學名:Eulimidae)是一類很細小的寄生性海螺的科,皆為海洋腹足綱軟體動物[1]。本科在2005年的《布歇特和洛克羅伊的腹足類分類》原為翼舌類非正式群組之下的瓷螺總科成員[2],在2017年的《布歇特等人的腹足類分類》,本科併入Aclididae科的各屬[3],再成為了白彫螺總科的成員[4]。 目录 1 型態描述 2 分類 2.1 屬 3 參考文獻 4 延伸閱讀 5 外部連結 型態描述 Eulima algoensis Melanella martinii Niso hizenensis 這些細小的寄生性海螺棲息於棘皮动物(例如:海參、海膽、海星等)的體內[5]。本科所有物種皆沒有齒舌,但有一個延伸至其宿主體腔內的吻部,以方便進食[5]。 分類 屬 本科包括下列各屬[6]: Acrochalix Bouchet & Warén, 1986 Amamibalcis Kuroda & Habe, 1950 Annulobalcis Habe, 1965 Apicalia A. Adams, 1862 Arcuella G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 Asterolamia Warén, 1980 Asterophila Randall & Heath, 1912 Auriculigerina Dautzenberg, 1925 Bacula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 Batheulima F. Nordsieck, 1968 Bathycrinicola Bouchet & Warén, 1986 Bonellia Deshayes, 1838 Bulimeulima Bouchet & Warén, 1986 Campylorhaphion Bouchet & Warén, 1986 Chileutomia Tate & Cossman, 1898 Clypeastericola Warén, 1994 Concavibalcis Warén, 1980 Costaclis Bartsch, 1947 Crinolamia Bouchet & Warén, 1979 Crinophtheiros Bouchet & Warén, 1986 Curveulima Laseron, 1955 Cythnia Carpenter, 1864 Diacolax Mandahl-Barth, 1946 Echineulima Lützen & Nielsen, 1975 Echiuroidicola Warén, 1980 Enteroxenos Bonnevie, 1902 Entocolax Voigt, 18

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,430
With media
160
Family
Eulimidae
Collections
LACM, NHMUK, SDNHM
Recorded in
United States, United Kingdom

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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  • Genera
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Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.

== Description == thumb|upright=1.2|Eulima algoensis thumb|upright=1.2|Melanella martinii thumb|upright=1.2|Niso hizenensis These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sea stars, etc. All species lack a radula, in most cases possessing a proboscis which they extend into their host's body cavity in order to feed.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eulimidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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