''Turveria'' is a
genus of very small
ectoparasitic sea snail
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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 ().
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mollusks or
micromollusk
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s in the
Eulimidae family.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Turveria Berry, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536332 on 2014-12-29]
Species
Species within the genus ''Turveria''include :
* ''
Turveria encopendema''
Berry, 1956
* ''
Turveria pallida
''Turveria'' is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, ...
''
Warén, 1992
* ''
Turveria schwengelae''
(Bartsch, 1938)
References
* Warén A. & Crossland M.R. (1991) ''Revision of Hypermastus Pilsbry, 1899 and Turveria Berry, 1956 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Eulimidae), two genera parasitic on sand dollars''. Records of the Australian Museum 43(1):85-112.
Eulimidae
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