Entoconcha
Genus of gastropods
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Entoconcha is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]
| Entoconcha | |
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| Entoconcha mirabilis within Oestergrenia digitata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Entoconcha J. Müller, 1852 |
These small snails live in the perivisceral coelom of sea cucumbers.
Species
Species within this genus include the following:
- Entoconcha mirabilis (J. Mueller, 1852)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Entoconcha muelleri (Semper, 1868): synonym of Enteroxenos muelleri (Semper, 1868)
- Entoconcha parasita (Baur, 1864): synonym of Entoconcha mirabilis (J. Mueller, 1852)