Thyca

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Eulimidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Eulimoidea

Genus ThycaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Thyca is a genus of small, ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.

Description

The conical shell is longitudinally grooved, transparent and slightly curved.

Species within the genus Thyca include:

Thyca astericola (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

Thyca callista Berry, 1959

Thyca crystallina (Gould, 1846)

Thyca ectoconcha P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1887

Thyca hawaiiensis Warén, 1980

Thyca lactea (Kuroda, 1949)

Thyca nardoafrianti (Habe, 1976)

Thyca sagamiensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)

Thyca stellasteris Koehler & Vaney, 1912

Species brought into synonymy

Thyca pellucida Kükenthal, 1897: synonym of Thyca crystallina (Gould, 1846)

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