Aliculastrum

Aliculastrum is a genus of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae.

Aliculastrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Haminoeidae
Genus: Aliculastrum
Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Species

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This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of Atys.

Life habits

These bubble snails are herbivores; they live on plant or algal substrates.

Species

Species in the genus Aliculastrum include:

  • Aliculastrum attenuatum
  • Aliculastrum cylindricum (Helbling, 1779) - Cylindrical atys, cylindrical true bubble, silkworm shell, Distribution : Indo-West Pacific, Length: 10 to 30 mm
  • Aliculastrum debile (Pease, 1860)
  • Aliculastrum exaratum (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Aliculastrum extensum
  • Aliculastrum ooformis (Habe, 1964)
  • Aliculastrum parallelum (Gould, 1847)
  • Aliculastrum secalinum (A. Adams, 1862)
  • Aliculastrum solidum (Bruguière, 1792)
  • Aliculastrum tumidum (Burn, 1978)
  • Aliculastrum volvulina (A. Adams, 1862)

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1896). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1896). Manual of Conchology 16: 237.
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