Aliculastrum
| Aliculastrum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Cephalaspidea |
| Superfamily: | Haminoeoidea |
| Family: | Haminoeidae |
| Genus: | Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896[1] |
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Aliculastrum is a genus of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae.
This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of Atys.
Life habits
These bubble snails are herbivores; they live on plant or algal substrates.
Species
Species in the genus Aliculastrum include:
- 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)
References
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1896). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1896). Manual of Conchology 16: 237.
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