''Thyonicola'' is a
genus of
parasitic sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks or
micromollusk
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s in the
Eulimidae family.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Thyonicola Mandahl-Barth, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537138 on 2014-12-29]
Species
Species within the genera ''Thyonicola'' include:
* ''
Thyonicola americana
''Thyonicola americana'' is a species of parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eulimidae. It infests the sea cucumbers '' Eupentacta quinquesemita'' and '' Eupentacta pseudoquinquesemita'' in Puget Sound and other par ...
''
Tikasingh, 1961
* ''
Thyonicola dogieli
''Thyonicola dogieli'' is a parasitic species of gastropod mollusc in the family Eulimidae. It parasitises sea cucumbers in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Description
This slender elongated mollusc does not have a shell and takes the form of ...
''
(A. V. Ivanov, 1945)
* ''
Thyonicola mortenseni''
Mandahl-Barth, 1941
References
* Warén A. (1984) ''A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1–96.
Eulimidae
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