Aliculastrum | |
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Aliculastrum cylindricum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Haminoeidae |
Genus: | Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896 [1] |
Species | |
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Aliculastrum is a genus of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae.[ citation needed ]
This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of Atys .
These bubble snails are herbivores; they live on plant or algal substrates.
Species in the genus Aliculastrum include:
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