Eulimidae

Taxobox
name = Eulimidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Ptenoglossa
superfamilia = Eulimoidea
familia = Eulimidae
familia_authority = Philippi, 1853
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Eulimidae are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs belonging to informal group Ptenoglossa in the clade Hypsogastropoda, known as the eulimids.

Description

The eulimids are parasitic, and are usually associated with species of echinoderms. The animal has a long proboscis with which it can excavate deeply into the body of its prey, and since there is no radula it is assumed that they feed primarily upon body fluids.

Distribution

The eulimids are found in most seas.

Genera within the family Eulimidae

* "Asterophila" Randall and Heath, 1912
* "Balcis" Leach, 1847
* "Chileutomia" Tate and Cossman, 1898
* "Clathrus"
* "Cythnia" Carpenter, 1864
* "Enteroxenos" Bonnevie, 1902
* "Entocolax" Voigt, 1888
* "Entoconcha" J. Muller, 1852
* "Ersilia" di Monterosato, 1872
* "Eulima" Risso, 1826
* "Eulimostraca" Bartsch, 1917
* "Haliella"
* "Hypermastus" Pilsbry, 1899
* "Melanella" Bowdich, 1822
* "Microeulima" Waren, 1992
* "Nanobalcis" Waren and Mifsud, 1990
* "Niso" Risso, 1826
* "Oceanida" de Folin, 1870
* "Pelseneeria" Koehler and Vaney, 1908
* "Polygireulima" Sacco, 1892
* "Pseudosabinella" McLean, 1995
* "Sabinella" di Monterosato, 1890
* "Scalenostoma"
* "Strombiformis" Da Costa, 1778
* "Thaleia" Waren, 1979
* "Thyonicola" Mandahl-Barth, 1941
* "Umbilibalcis" Bouchet and Waren, 1986
* "Vitreolina" di Monterosato, 1884

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1