Eulimoidea
Encyclopedia
The Eulimoidea is a superfamily
of ectoparasitic sea snail
s, terrestrial
and marine
gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa
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Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of ectoparasitic sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
and 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...
gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa
Ptenoglossa
The Ptenoglossa is an informal taxonomic group of sea snails.It was considered paraphyletic or polyphyletic by Ponder and Lindberg in their classification of the molluscs.-Taxonomy:*Superfamily Epitonioidea**Family Epitoniidae**Family Janthinidae...
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Taxonomy
Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:- Family EulimidaeEulimidaeEulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Eulimoidea.These small snails live on or in echinoderms and have a proboscis which they extend into their host's body cavity.-Genera:...
R.A. Philippi, 1853 - Family AclididaeAclididaeAclididae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Eulimoidea.-Taxonomy:Genera in the family Aclididae include:* Abyssoaclis de Barros et al., 2003* Aclis S.L. Lovén, 1846 - type genus...
G.O. Sars, 1878