Oceanida

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Kingdom Animalia Family Eulimidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Eulimoidea Scientific name Oceanida Higher classification Eulimidae
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Oceanida is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.

This genus was described by Léopold de Folin in 1870. These are subtidal snails that are parasitic on echinoderms. Their length varies between 2 and 3 mm.

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Species

Species within this genus include:

Oceanida abrejosensis Bartsch, 1917

Oceanida confluens Bouchet & Warén, 1986

Oceanida corallina Hedley, 1912

Oceanida faberi De Jong & Coomans, 1988 - the common labeo - found from Aruba to Northeast Brazil.

Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871 - the shouldered eulima - distributed in North America; Western Atlantic Ocean; synonyms : Spiroclimax scalaris Mörch, 1875; Athleenia burryi Bartsch, 1946

Oceanida hypolysina Melvill, 1904

Oceanida inglei Lyons, 1978 - distributed in North America; Western Atlantic Ocean

Oceanida lampra Melvill, 1918

Oceanida mindoroensis Adams & Reeve, 1850

Oceanida ovalis de Folin, 1884

Oceanida pontilevensis de Morgan, 1915

Oceanida pumila A. Adams, 1864

Oceanida tumerae Laseron, 1955

Oceanida whitechurchi Turton, 1932

Species brought into synonymy

Oceanida burryi (Bartsch, 1946): synonym of Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871

Oceanida catalinensis (Bartsch, 1920) : synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)

Oceanida lepida (A. Adams, 1864): synonym of Leiostraca pygmaea A. Adams, 1864

Oceanida scalaris (Mörch, 1875): synonym of Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871

References

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Oceanida bay hotel samos pythagoreion

Species

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