Polygireulima
Appearance
Polygireulima | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Eulimidae |
Genus: | Polygireulima Sacco, 1892 |
Synonyms | |
Acicularia Monterosato, 1884 (Invalid: junior homonym of Acicularia d'Archiac, 1837 [Porifera] and several others) |
Polygireulima is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.
This genus was first described as Acicularia by Monterosato in 1884, a name ruled invalid as a homonym of several prior names. In 1984, Anders Warén's "A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)" synonymised Acicularia with Federico Sacco's 1892 description of Polygireulima.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the Polygireulima genera include:[2]
- † Polygireulima deshayesi (Cossmann, 1888)
- Polygireulima rutila Carpenter, 1864
- † Polygireulima spina (Grateloup, 1838)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Polygireulima amblytera Verrill & Bush, 1900: synonym of Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
- A parasite of echinoderms, existing in subtidal habitats[3] in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.[4]
- Polygireulima monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890): synonym of Melanella pyramidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Polygireulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
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- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". Marinespecies.org. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Polygireulima Sacco, 1892". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ "Polygireulima amblytera". Zipcodezoo.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ "Ecosystems where Polygireulima amblytera occurs - Polygireulima amblytera". Sealifebase.fisheries.ubc.ca. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.