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Hypermastus mareticola

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Hypermastus mareticola
Hypermastus mareticola on the aboral surface of Maretia planulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Eulimoidea
Family:
Eulimidae
Genus:
Hypermastus
Species:
H. mareticola
Binomial name
Hypermastus mareticola
Warén & Norris, 1994

Hypermastus mareticola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Discovered by Daniel Ray Norris (1992) in Apra Harbor, Guam. H. mareticola was found as a parasite of the irregular sea urchin Maretia planulata.

Daniel Ray Norris with lobster at UOG Marine Laboratory

References

  1. ^ Warén & Norris, 1994. Warén A., Norris D.R. & Templado J. (1994) Descriptions of four new eulilmid gastropods parasitic on irregular sea urchins. The Veliger 37(2):141-154. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536282 on 2013-03-13.

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