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Aliculastrum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Haminoeoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Haminoeidae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Haminoeidae, Ardeadoris angustolutea, Haminoea

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

Contents

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

Life habits

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

Species

Species in the genus Aliculastrum include:

  • Aliculastrum attenuatum
  • Aliculastrum cylindricum (Helbling, 1779) - Cylindrical atys, cylindrical true bubble, silkworm shell, Distribution : Indo-West Pacific, Length: 10 to 30 mm
  • Aliculastrum extensum
  • Aliculastrum ooformis (Habe, 1964)

    • References

    Aliculastrum Wikipedia
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