Entoconcha mirabilis
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| Entoconcha mirabilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Eulimoidea |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Entoconcha |
| Species: | E. mirabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Entoconcha mirabilis J. Müller, 1852 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Entoconcha mirabilis is a species of very small parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species is the only one known to exist within the genus, Entoconcha.[1] The species is parasitic on holothuroidea, sea cucumbers. As an adult it resembles a worm and has no shell.
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:
- European waters (ERMS scope)
References
- ↑ J. Müller, 1852. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139796 on 2013-01-21.
External links
| External identifiers for Entoconcha mirabilis | |
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| WoRMS | 139796 |
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