| Enteroxenos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Enteroxenos Bonnevie, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Enteroxenos ostergreni Bonnevie, 1902 | |
| Synonyms | |
Enteroxenus | |
Enteroxenos is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae. [1]
These small snails have no mouth or gut, and absorb nutrients through their body wall. These odd animals look much more like worms than snails, but the larval form is a veliger, which is characteristic of mollusks.
Species within this genus include the following:
The female is significantly larger than the male and may grow up to 15 cm (6 in) in length. The females become hosts to the smaller males, which then fertilise their eggs.
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Bulimeulima magna is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of two known species to exist within the genus Bulimeulima; the other congener is Bulimeulima incolorata.
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Enteroxenos oestergreni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is notable for being commonly misspelt as Enteroxenos ostergreni in previous documentations,. These misspellings have been corrected by Bonnevie shortly after the species was taxonomised.
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