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Genus of gastropods

Oceanida
Shell of Oceanida graduata. Origin: Guadeloupe, syntype at National Museum of Natural History, France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Oceanida
de Folin, 1870
Type species
Oceanida graduata
de Folin, 1871
Synonyms
  • Athleenia Bartsch, 1946
  • Spiroclimax Mörch, 1875

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.

Species

Species within this genus include:

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 ovalis de Folin, 1884: synonym of Doliella nitens' (Jeffreys, 1870)
  • Oceanida pumila A. Adams, 1864 (taxon unverified- still inquarantine at WoRMS)
  • Oceanida tumerae Laseron, 1955: unpublished combination for Hebeulima tumere Laseron, 1955)
  • Oceanida scalaris (Mörch, 1875): synonym of Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871

References

  1. ^ Oceanida de Folin, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2019.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Oceanida


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