Pulicicochlea is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Pulicicochlea
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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

Distribution

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

Species

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Species within the genera Pulicicochlea include:

References

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  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.