''Ersilia'' is a minor

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of minute sea snails,

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gastropod

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s in the

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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 cucumber ...

.Monterosato, 1872. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS). Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137969 on 2013-01-21.

Species

Only two known species exist within this genus: * ''

Ersilia mediterranea ''Lacuna mediterranea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species is one of two known species to exist within the genus, ''Ersilia'', the other species is '' Ersilia stancyki''. As the name su ...

'' (Monterosato, 1872) * † ''

Ersilia oligocaenica ''Ersilia'' is a minor genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.Monterosato, 1872. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine ...

'' Lozouet, 1999 * ''

Ersilia stancyki ''Ersilia stancyki'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species is one of two known species to exist within the genus, ''Ersilia''.Warén, 1980. Warén A. (1980) Descriptions of new taxa of Eul ...

'' (Warén, 1980)

References

* Warén, A. (1980). Descriptions of new taxa of Eulimidae (Mollusca, Prosobranchia), with notes on some previously described genera. Zoologica Scripta. 9: 283-306 * Lozouet, P., 1999. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68

External links

To World Register of Marine Species

Monterosato, T. A. di. (1872). Notizie intorno alle conchiglie mediterranee. Michele Amenta, Palermo, 61 pp
* Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. suppl 13: 1-96. page(s): 42 Eulimidae {{Eulimidae-stub