- Aliculastrum
Taxobox
name = "Aliculastrum"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Heterobranchia
ordo =Opisthobranchia
subordo =Cephalaspidea
superfamilia =Haminoeoidea
familia =Haminoeidae
genus = "Aliculastrum"
genus_authority = (Pilsbry, 1896)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Aliculastrum" is a
genus of small seasnails or bubble snails, marineopisthobranch gastropod mollusc s in the familyHaminoeidae .This genus was originally considered a subgenus of "Atys".
Life habits
These bubble snails are
herbivores ; they live on plant oralga l substrates.pecies
* "
Aliculastrum attenuatum "
* "Aliculastrum cylindricum " (Helbling, 1779) Cylindrical atys, cylindrical true bubble, silkworm shell, Distribution : Indo-West Pacific, Length : 10 to 30 mm
* "Aliculastrum extensum "
* "Aliculastrum ooformis " (Habe, 1964)
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