Pulicicochlea Explained

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

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Western Pacific and off Australia (Queensland).

Species

Species within the genera Pulicicochlea include:

• Pulicicochlea astropyga Ponder & Gooding, 1978
• Pulicicochlea calamaris Ponder & Gooding, 1978
• Pulicicochlea faba Ponder & Gooding, 1978
• Pulicicochlea fusca Ponder & Gooding, 1978

References

• Ponder, W.F. & Gooding, R.U. 1978. Four new eulimid gastropods associated with shallow-water diadematid echinoids in the western Pacific. Pacific Science 32(2): 157-181
• Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Pulicicochlea Ponder & Gooding, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537161 on 2014-12-25