Hypermastus mareticola
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| Hypermastus mareticola | |
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| Hypermastus mareticola on the aboral surface of Maretia planulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Hypermastus |
| Species: | H. mareticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypermastus mareticola Warén & Norris, 1994 | |
Hypermastus mareticola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
Discovered by Daniel Ray Norris (1992) in Apra Harbor, Guam. H. mareticola was found as a parasite of the irregular sea urchin Maretia planulata.
