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Eupyrgulina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Tribe: | Chrysallidini |
Genus: | Eupyrgulina Melvill, 1910 |
Species | |
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Eupyrgulina is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae.
Distribution
The genus mainly occurs in the Arabian Sea.
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 ectoparasites.
Species
Species within the genus Eupyrgulina include:
- Eupyrgulina dautzenbergi (Melvill, 1910)
- Eupyrgulina casta (A. Adams)
- Eupyrgulina comacum (Melvill, 1910)
- ...
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References
- Melvill J. C. (1910). "A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F. W. Townsend (1893-1900) with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 171–207.
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