Entoconcha mirabilis

Entoconcha mirabilis
	Entoconcha mirabilis within Oestergrenia digitata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Eulimoidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Entoconcha
Species:	E. mirabilis
Binomial name
	Entoconcha mirabilis; J. Müller, 1852
Synonyms
	Entoconcha parasita Baur, 1864 ; Helicosyrinx parasita Baur, 1864 ;

Entoconcha mirabilis is a species of very small parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species is the only one known to exist within the genus, Entoconcha.[1] The species is parasitic on holothuroidea, sea cucumbers. As an adult it resembles a worm and has no shell.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

European waters (ERMS scope)

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References

J. Müller, 1852. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139796 on 2013-01-21.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] J. Müller, 1852. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139796 on 2013-01-21.