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Stilifer
Sign in to saveStilifer is a genus of small ectoparasitic sea snails that used to belong in the family Stiliferidae. Most recent sources consider it part of the family Eulimidae, which also belongs to the superfamily Eulimoidea.
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Vinony's link graph records 19 inbound references to Stilifer, and connects out to Eulimidae, Animalia and Mollusca.
It sits within the topics Eulimidae, Taxa named by George Brettingham Sowerby I and Taxa named by William Broderip.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyEulimidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 95
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Eulimidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UCMP, UF, USNM, WAM, AM
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Mauritius, Japan, French Polynesia, China, Saudi Arabia, Australia, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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Stilifer is a genus of small ectoparasitic sea snails that used to belong in the family Stiliferidae. Most recent sources consider it part of the family Eulimidae, which also belongs to the superfamily Eulimoidea.
==Description== "The imperforate, hyaline, thin shell has ab ovoid or elongated shape. It is smooth and polished. It contains numerous whorl. The apex is very sharp, sometimes bent. The nucleus is sinistral. The body whorl is globular. The aperture is suboval. The inner lip is smooth and arcuated. The outer lip is slightly sinuous, thin, and simple. There is no operculum.
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