Stiliferidae

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Stiliferidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Family: Stiliferidae
H. & A. Adams, 1853
Genera

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Stiliferidae, are a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Sorbeoconcha.

[edit] Description

Most members of this family are completely parasitic and become deeply embedded in the body of their host, which is usually a sea star or a holothurian. At the base of the long probing probosis there is a fleshy frill that forms an enclosing sac around the animal. Both the operculum and the radula are absent.

[edit] Genera within the family Stiliferidae

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