''Fargoa'' is a

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of very small

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s in the

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Chrysallidini Chrysallidinae is a taxonomic group of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy Chrysallidinae has been one of eleven recognized subfamilies of the gastropod family Pyr ...

within the family

Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...

Life habits

The members of ''Fargoa'' are

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s on the

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polychaete ''

Hydroides ''Hydroides'' is a genus of tube-forming serpulid worms found on submerged saltwater rocks, shells, and boats in many coastal areas around the world. Species It contains the following species: * '' Hydroides bispinosa'' (Bush, 1910) * '' Hydroide ...

''.

Species

Species within the genus ''Fargoa'' include: * '' Fargoa calesi'' (Bartsch, 1955) = '' Fargoa bushiana'' (Bartsch, 1909) - as ''Odostomia bushiana'', type species * '' Fargoa bartschi'' (Winkley, 1909) * '' Fargoa buijsei'' (de Jong & Coomans, 1988) * '' Fargoa dianthophila'' (H. W. Wells & M. J. Wells, 1961) * ''

Fargoa dux ''Fargoa'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae. Life habits The members of ''Fargoa'' are ectoparasites on the serpulid polychaete ''Hydroides ''Hydroides' ...

'' (Dall & Bartsch, 1906) * '' Fargoa gaudens'' Odé, 1993 * '' Fargoa gibbosa'' (Bush, 1909)

References

External links

''Fargoa dianthophila'' - Serpulid odostome

Pyramidellidae {{Pyramidellidae-stub