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Eulimidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

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| taxon = Eulimidae

| authority = Philippi, 1853

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  • 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)

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Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.{{WRMS species|135|Eulimidae Philippi, 1853||5 January 2019}}

Description

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.echinoblog.blogspot.fr/2014/06/p-is-for-parasitic-snail-enter-eulimidae.html |title=P is for Parasitic Snail! Enter: The Eulimidae |last1=Mah |first1=Christopher L. |date=June 3, 2014 |website=The Echinoblog }}

Genera

Genera within the family Eulimidae include:{{ITIS |id=72438 |taxon=Eulimidae}} accessed 4 July 2009

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;Genera brought into synonymy:

Image:Thyca ectoconcha sur face orale de L. multifora.jpg|Thyca ectoconcha parasiting a sea star Linckia multifora.

Image:Pyramidelloides mirandus 01.jpg|Pyramidelloides mirandus

Image:Eulimidae sp. sur le trivium d'un juvénile H. verrucosa.jpg|Eulimids on a juvenile sea cucumber Holothuria verrucosa.

References

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Further reading

  • Tryon G. W. 1886. Manual of Conchology. [https://archive.org/details/manualconch08tryorich Volume 8]. Naticidae, Capyptraeidae, Turritellidae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae. 461 pp., 79 plates. [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/258/mode/2up page 258], [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n601/mode/2up plate 68]
  • [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27395004 Bartsch, P. (1947). A monograph of the West Atlantic mollusks of the family Aclididae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 106 (20): 1-29, 6 pls.]
  • Warrèn Anders, 1984, A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia), The Journal of Molluscan Studies, Supplement 13 1-96
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Mercier|first1=Annie|last2=Hamel|first2=Jean-François|last3=Rogers|first3=Arlenie|last4=Souza|first4=Leonardo Santos de|date=2018-10-26|title=Eulimids (Gastropoda, Eulimidae) on the Sea Cucumber Holothuria mexicana (Ludwig, 1875) (Holothuroidea, Holothuriidae) in Belize|url=https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/28374/|journal=Check List|language=en|volume=14|issue=5|pages=923–931|doi=10.15560/14.5.923|issn=1809-127X|doi-access=free}}
  • [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.021 Takano, T.; Kano, Y. (2014). Molecular phylogenetic investigations of the relationships of the echinoderm-parasite family Eulimidae within Hypsogastropoda (Mollusca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 258-269. Note: States that Eulimidae are a member of superfamily Vanikoroidea, on the basis of sequence data. This placement implies synonymy of the superfamilies Eulimoidea and Vanikoroidea]

External links

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  • [http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=mollusca&id=177&menuentry=groepen Marine Identification Portal: Eulimidae]
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.echinoblog.blogspot.fr/2014/06/p-is-for-parasitic-snail-enter-eulimidae.html |title=P is for Parasitic Snail! Enter: The Eulimidae |last1=Mah |first1=Christopher L. |date=June 3, 2014 |website=The Echinoblog }}
  • [https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0642/report.pdf Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642] {{PD-notice}}
  • [https://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmFamily/EULIMIDAERS.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Eulimidae]

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Category:Vanikoroidea