''Apicalia brazieri'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Eulimidae
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Description
These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Apicalia brazieri (Angas, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565996 on 2014-12-16][Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.]
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae
Gastropods described in 1877
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