Entoconcha mirabilis

Entoconcha mirabilis
Entoconcha mirabilis within Oestergrenia digitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Entoconcha
Species:
E. mirabilis
Binomial name
Entoconcha mirabilis
J. Müller, 1852
Synonyms
  • Entoconcha parasita Baur, 1864
  • Helicosyrinx parasita Baur, 1864

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. 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:

References

  1. ↑ 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.