Polygireulima

Polygireulima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Polygireulima Sacco, 1892
Synonyms
AciculariaMonterosato, 1884 (Invalid: junior homonym of Acicularia d'Archiac, 1837 [Porifera] and several others)

Polygireulima is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.

This genus was first described as Acicularia by Monterosato in 1884, a name ruled invalid as a homonym of several prior names. In 1984, Anders Warén's "A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)" synonymised Acicularia with Federico Sacco's 1892 description of Polygireulima. ^[1]

Species

Species within the Polygireulima genera include: ^[2]

• † Polygireulima deshayesi (Cossmann, 1888)
• Polygireulima rutilaCarpenter, 1864
• † Polygireulima spina(Grateloup, 1838)

Species brought into synonymy

• Polygireulima amblyteraVerrill & Bush, 1900: synonym of Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)

A parasite of echinoderms, existing in subtidal habitats ^[3] in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. ^[4]

• Polygireulima monterosatoi(Monterosato, 1890): synonym of Melanella pyramidalis(G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
• Polygireulima polita(Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". Marinespecies.org. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Polygireulima Sacco, 1892". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
3. "Polygireulima amblytera". Zipcodezoo.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
4. "Ecosystems where Polygireulima amblytera occurs - Polygireulima amblytera". Sealifebase.fisheries.ubc.ca. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

• Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.