Goodingia capillastericola
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| Goodingia capillastericola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Goodingia |
| Species: | G. capillastericola |
| Binomial name | |
| Goodingia capillastericola Minichev, 1970 | |
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Goodingia capillastericola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species, along with Goodingia varicosa belongs in the genus Goodingia and are crinoid-parasitic.[1][2][3]
G. capillastericola has an oblong, transparent, conical shell ending in a body whorl. It has a small operculum with a large proboscis. They have hermaphroditic reproductive systems. Due to their transparent shells, their soft flesh is visually exposed, demonstrating their characteristic white-and-brown striped patterning.[1][3]
As veliger, they possess a well-developed head and a foot, and small velar lobes (fleshy modules extending from the velum).[1]
G. capillastericola differs from its congener, Goodingia varicosa, by having a rounder shell and a different position of its seminal vesicle in its hermaphroditic reproductive system, hence their inability to cross-reproduce.[4][3]