Entoconcha mirabilis
Species of gastropod
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Entoconcha mirabilis is a species of very small parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species is the only one known to exist within the genus, Entoconcha.[1] The species is parasitic on holothuroidea, sea cucumbers. As an adult it resembles a worm and has no shell.
| Entoconcha mirabilis | |
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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 |
| Species: | E. mirabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Entoconcha mirabilis J. Müller, 1852 | |
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Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:
- European waters (ERMS scope)