Stilifer astericola
| Stilifer astericola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Stilifer |
| Species: | S. astericola |
| Binomial name | |
| Stilifer astericola (Broderip, 1832)[1] | |
Stilifer astericola is a parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the taxonomic family Eulimidae. It is the type species of the genus Stilifer.[1]
The species was discovered in the Malay Archipelago by Hugh Cuming. It was found burrowing in different parts of the oral disc of Acanthaster planci, the crown of thorns sea star.[2]
References
- 1 2 P. Bouchet (2010). "Stilifer astericola Broderip, 1832". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
- ↑ Gosse, Philip Henry (1854). Mollusca. Natural History. p. 192.
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