Paramegadenus

Paramegadenus is a genus of parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Paramegadenus
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Paramegadenus

Humphreys & Lützen, 1972
Type species
Megadenus arrhynchus Ivanov, 1937

Distribution

This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland

Species

  • Paramegadenus arrhynchus (Ivanov, 1937)
  • Paramegadenus incerta Warén, 1980
  • Paramegadenus scutellicola Warén, 1980
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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Paramegadenus Humphreys & Lützen, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536400 on 2014-12-24
  • Humphreys & Lutzen, 1972 (Biologiske Skrifter, 19(1): 25)
  • Warén A. (1980) Descriptions of new taxa of Eulimidae (Mollusca, Prosobranchia), with notes on some previously described genera. Zoologica Scripta 9: 283-306


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