Prostilifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Prostilifer
Warén, 1980
Type species
Eulima subpellucida Pease, 1865

Prostilifer is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

Species

Species within the genera Prostilifer include:

  • Prostilifer subpellucida (Pease, 1865)

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Prostilifer Warén, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536397 on 2014-12-25
  • Warén A. (1980) Descriptions of new taxa of Eulimidae (Mollusca, Prosobranchia), with notes on some previously described genera. Zoologica Scripta 9: 283-306


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