Aliculastrum
Genus of gastropods
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Aliculastrum is a genus of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Haminoeidae |
| Genus: | Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896[1] |
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This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of Atys.
Life habits
These bubble snails are herbivores; they live on plant or algal substrates.
Species
Species in the genus Aliculastrum include:
- † Aliculastrum attenuatum (J. de C. Sowerby, 1831)[3]
- Aliculastrum cylindricum (Helbling, 1779)
- Aliculastrum debile (Pease, 1860)
- Aliculastrum exaratum (Carpenter, 1857)
- † Aliculastrum extensum (J. de C. Sowerby, 1831)
- Aliculastrum parallelum (Gould, 1847)
- † Aliculastrum protocylindricum (Vredenburg, 1925)
- Aliculastrum secalinum (A. Adams, 1862)
- Aliculastrum solidum (Bruguière, 1792)
- Aliculastrum tumidum (Burn, 1978)
- Aliculastrum volvulina (A. Adams, 1862)
- Synonyms
- Aliculastrum ooformis (Habe, 1964): synonym of Vellicolla ooformis (Habe, 1952)
