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Fargoa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Subfamily
  
Odostomiinae

Scientific name
  
Fargoa

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Tribe
  
Chrysallidini

Higher classification
  
Pyramidellidae

Similar
  
Gastropods, Pyramidellidae, Molluscs, Chrysallida, Parthenina

Fargoa is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae.

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Life habits

The members of Fargoa are ectoparasites on the serpulid polychaete Hydroides.

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 (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
  • Fargoa gibbosa (Bush, 1909)
  • References

    Fargoa Wikipedia