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Aliculastrum

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Aliculastrum
Aliculastrum cylindricum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Haminoeidae
Genus: Aliculastrum
Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Alicula Ehrenberg, 1831 (invalid: junior homonym of Alicula Eichwald, 1830; Aliculastrum is a replacement name)
  • Atys (Alicula) Ehrenberg, 1831
  • Atys (Aliculastrum) Pilsbry, 1896 (original rank)
  • Nipponatys Habe, 1952

Aliculastrum is a genus of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae. [2]

This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of Atys.

Life habits

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These bubble snails are herbivores; they live on plant or algal substrates.

Species

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Species in the genus Aliculastrum include:

Synonyms

References

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  1. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1896). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1896). Manual of Conchology 16: 237.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718604 on 2024-08-11
  3. ^ Conchology.be: Aliculastrum cylindricum
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