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Eulimidae

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Eulimidae
Apertural view of the shell of Melanella candida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
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)

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

Description

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Eulima algoensis
Melanella martinii
Niso hizenensis

This is a species-rich family, encompassing more than 960 species according to WoRMS. Nevertheless, Warén & Gittenberger (1993) offered a broad estimate suggesting that Eulimidae may encompass more than 4,000 species. [2] Even this may be unerestimated. A huge sampling effort in New Caledonia area estimated that 80% of the eulimids collected may represent undescribed species. [3]


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.[4]

Genera

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Genera within the family Eulimidae include:[5]

Genera brought into synonymy

References

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  1. 1 2 Eulimidae Philippi, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Warén A, Gittenberger E. 1993. Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Melanella polita; Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name, so conserving the specific name of Buccinum acicula Maller, 1774 (currently Cecilioides acicula) The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50:107-111
  3. ↑ Souza, L. S. de, Asorey, C. M. & Sellanes, J. ( (2024). "Melanella martarum sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Eulimidae): the first parasitic deep-sea snail reported for the Salas & Gomez Ridge". PeerJ. 12e: 6. Retrieved 25 September 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ Mah, Christopher L. (June 3, 2014). "P is for Parasitic Snail! Enter: The Eulimidae". The Echinoblog.
  5. ↑ "Eulimidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. accessed 4 July 2009
  6. ↑ 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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