Apicalia echinasteri
Appearance
| Apicalia echinasteri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Apicalia |
| Species: | A. echinasteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Apicalia echinasteri Warén, 1980 | |
Apicalia echinasteri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
This species is ectoparasitic on the starfish Echinaster luzonicus
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Australia (Queensland).
References
[edit]- ↑ Apicalia echinasteri Warén, 1981. 13 September 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
External links
[edit]- Warén, A. (1981). "Revision of the genera Apicalia A. Adams and Stilapex Iredale and description of two new genera (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 10 (2): 134. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1981.tb00491.x.
- Gbif.org: images