Hinemoa

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Hinemoa

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Orthogastropoda
Order:	Heterostropha
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:	Chrysallidinae
Genus:	Hinemoa Oliver, 1915

Species

See text.

Hinemoa is a small genus of sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae, of the family Odostomiidae.

[edit] Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely ectoparasites.

The ultrastructure of the sperm has been investigated by Healy (1988).

[edit] Species within the genus Hinemoa

Hinemoa punicea (Oliver, 1915) (Type species)
Hinemoa cylindrica (de Folin, 1879)
Hinemoa indica
Hinemoa isseli (Tryon, 1886)
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[edit] References

Healy, J. M. (1988). "The ultrastructure of spermatozoa and spermiogenesis in pyramidellid gastropods, and its systematic importance". HELGOLANDER MEERESUNTERSUCHUNGEN 42: 303–318.
Oliver, W.R.B. (1915). "The mollusca of the Kermandec Islands". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47 (1914): 509–568, ix-Xii.