Amamibalcis Explained

Amamibalcis is a genus of ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.^[1]

Species

There are five known species within the genus Amamibalcis:^[1]

• Amamibalcis comoxensis (Bartsch, 1917)
• Amamibalcis conspicua (Golikov, 1985)
• Amamibalcis flavipunctata (Habe, 1961)
• Amamibalcis gracillima (G.B. Sowerby II, 1865)
• Amamibalcis yessonensis (Rybakov & Yakolev, 1993)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Amamibalcis kawamurai (Kuroda & Habe, 1950): synonym of Melanella kawamurai (Huroda & Habe, 1950).

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Kuroda & Habe, 1950. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.page(s): 29 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536936 on 2013-02-01.