Eulimidae

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Family of gastropods

title: "Eulimidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["eulimidae", "vanikoroidea"] description: "Family of gastropods" topic_path: "general/eulimidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulimidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of gastropods ::

| image = Melanella candida 002.jpg | image_caption = Apertural view of the shell of Melanella candida | taxon = Eulimidae | authority = Philippi, 1853 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • Aclididae G.O. Sars, 1878
  • Asterophilidae Thiele, 1925
  • Enteroxenidae Schwanwitsch, 1917
  • Enteroxeninae Schwanwitsch, 1917 (a junior synonym)
  • Entocolacidae Voigt, 1888
  • Entoconchidae Keferstein, 1864
  • Melanellidae Iredale, 1915
  • Paedophoropodidae A. V. Ivanov, 1933
  • Pelseneeriidae Schwanwitsch, 1917
  • Pherusidae Locard, 1886 (type genus a junior homonym of Pherusa Oken, 1807, and several others)
  • Roseniidae Nierstrasz, 1913
  • Stiliferidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Strombiformidae Iredale, 1915
  • Stylinidae Philippi, 1853 (Invalid: type genus [Stylina Fleming, 1828] a junior homonym)
  • Thycidae Thiele, 1929
  • Thycinae Thiele, 1929
  • Turtoniidae Rosén, 1910 (Invalid: type genus [Turtonia Rosén, 1910] a junior homonym)

Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.

Description

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Eulima_algoensis_001.jpg" caption="''[[Eulima algoensis]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Melanella_martinii_002.jpg" caption="''[[Melanella martinii]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Niso_hizenensis_002.jpg" caption="''[[Niso hizenensis]]''"] ::

These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sea stars, etc. All species lack a radula, in most cases possessing a proboscis which they extend into their host's body cavity in order to feed.

Genera

Genera within the family Eulimidae include:

;Genera brought into synonymy:

Image:Thyca ectoconcha sur face orale de L. multifora.jpg|Thyca ectoconcha parasiting a sea star Linckia multifora. Image:Pyramidelloides mirandus 01.jpg|Pyramidelloides mirandus Image:Eulimidae sp. sur le trivium d'un juvénile H. verrucosa.jpg|Eulimids on a juvenile sea cucumber Holothuria verrucosa.

References

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 135. Eulimidae Philippi, 1853. 5 January 2019
  2. (June 3, 2014). "P is for Parasitic Snail! Enter: The Eulimidae".
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  4. [https://zse.pensoft.net/article/33880/ Leonardo Santos de Souza, Alexandre Dias Pimenta; Eulimacrostoma gen. nov., a new genus of Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) with description of a new species and reevaluation of other western Atlantic species; Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(2) 405-415]

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