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See text. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Orthogastropoda is one of two major Taxonomic groupings of snails and slugs an extremely large Subclass within the huge class Gastropoda. Above the species level close to 400 named taxa are referred to the gastropod superfamily Pyramidelloidea. Pyramidellidae, Common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous Taxonomic family of mostly small and minute Chrysallidinae is a Taxonomic group of very small sea Snails one of eleven recognized Subfamilies of the Gastropod family Pyramidellidae |
Eupyrgulina is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic The word snail is a Common name that can be used for almost all members of the Molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells in the Pyramidellidae, Common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous Taxonomic family of mostly small and minute The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 This genus is currently placed in the family Odostomiidae, in the subfamily Chrysallidinae. In Biological classification, family ( Latin Odostomiidae, Odostomia snails and their allies is a Taxonomic Family of minute Parasitic sea Snails These are marine Chrysallidinae is a Taxonomic group of very small sea Snails one of eleven recognized Subfamilies of the Gastropod family Pyramidellidae
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Distribution
The genus mainly occurs in the Arabian Sea. The Arabian Sea ( Arabic: بحر العرب transliterated: Baḥr al-'Arab Sanskrit: सिन्धु सागर transliterated:
Life habits
Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are ectoparasites. Pyramidellidae, Common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous Taxonomic family of mostly small and minute Sensu is a Latin term meaning "in the sense of"It is used in fields including biology geology and law in the phrases sensu stricto Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between Organisms of different Species.
Species within the genus Eupyrgulina
- Eupyrgulina dautzenbergi (Melvill, 1910)
- Eupyrgulina casta (A. Adams)
- Eupyrgulina comacum (Melvill, 1910)
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References
- Melvill, J. C. (1910). "A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F. W. Townsend (1893-1900) with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 8: 171–207.
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