Eulimidae

Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.[1]

Eulimidae
Apertural view of the shell of Melanella candida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Eulimidae
Philippi, 1853
Synonyms[1]
  • Aclididae G.O. Sars, 1878
  • Asterophilidae Thiele, 1925
  • Enteroxenidae Schwanwitsch, 1917
  • Enteroxeninae Schwanwitsch, 1917 (a junior synonym)
  • Entocolacidae Voigt, 1888
  • Entoconchidae Keferstein, 1864
  • Melanellidae Iredale, 1915
  • Paedophoropodidae A. V. Ivanov, 1933
  • Pelseneeriidae Schwanwitsch, 1917
  • Pherusidae Locard, 1886 (type genus a junior homonym of Pherusa Oken, 1807, and several others)
  • Roseniidae Nierstrasz, 1913
  • Stiliferidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Strombiformidae Iredale, 1915
  • Stylinidae Philippi, 1853 (Invalid: type genus [Stylina Fleming, 1828] a junior homonym)
  • Thycidae Thiele, 1929
  • Thycinae Thiele, 1929
  • Turtoniidae Rosén, 1910 (Invalid: type genus [Turtonia Rosén, 1910] a junior homonym)

Description
Eulima algoensis
Melanella martinii
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.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Eulimidae include:[3]

Genera brought into synonymy
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References
  1. Eulimidae Philippi, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2019.
  2. Mah, Christopher L. (June 3, 2014). "P is for Parasitic Snail! Enter: The Eulimidae". The Echinoblog.
  3. "Eulimidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. accessed 4 July 2009
  4. Leonardo Santos de Souza, Alexandre Dias Pimenta; Eulimacrostoma gen. nov., a new genus of Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) with description of a new species and reevaluation of other western Atlantic species; Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(2) 405-415

Further reading
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