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Pulicicochlea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Pulicicochlea Ponder & Gooding, 1978
Type species
Pulicicochlea calamaris Ponder & Gooding, 1978
Synonyms
Pulicicochlea (Pseudoretusa) Ponder & Gooding, 1978 Pulicicochlea (Pulicicochlea) Ponder & Gooding, 1978

Pulicicochlea is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Western Pacific and off Australia (Queensland).

Species

Species within the genera Pulicicochlea include:

• Pulicicochlea astropyga Ponder & Gooding, 1978
• Pulicicochlea calamaris Ponder & Gooding, 1978
• Pulicicochlea faba Ponder & Gooding, 1978
• Pulicicochlea fusca Ponder & Gooding, 1978

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Pulicicochlea Ponder & Gooding, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537161 on 2014-12-25

• Ponder, W.F. & Gooding, R.U. 1978. Four new eulimid gastropods associated with shallow-water diadematid echinoids in the western Pacific. Pacific Science 32(2): 157-181
• Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.

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