Enteroxenos

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Enteroxenos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Enteroxenos
Bonnevie, 1902
Type species
Enteroxenos ostergreni
Bonnevie, 1902
Synonyms

Enteroxenus

Enteroxenos is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

These small snails have no mouth or gut, and absorb nutrients through their body wall. These odd animals look much more like worms than snails, but the larval form is a veliger, which is characteristic of mollusks.

Species

Species within this genus include the following:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Enteroxenos ostergreni (Bonnevie, 1902): synonym of Enteroxenos oestergreni (Bonnevie, 1902)

Reproduction

References

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