Aliculastrum
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Aliculastrum is a genus
of small sea snail
s or bubble snails, marine
opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae
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This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of Atys.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s or bubble snails, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae
Haminoeidae
Haminoeidae, commonly known as the haminoeid bubble snail family, is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Haminoeoidea....
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This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of Atys.
Species
Species in the genus Aliculastrum include:- Aliculastrum attenuatum
- Aliculastrum cylindricum (Helbling, 1779) - Cylindrical atys, cylindrical true bubble, silkworm shell, Distribution : Indo-West PacificIndo-PacificThe Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...
, Length: 10 to 30 mm - Aliculastrum extensum
- Aliculastrum ooformis (Habe, 1964)