Thyca

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Thyca
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Shell of Thyca crystallina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Thyca
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Pileopsis astericola
A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Synonyms [1]
  • BessomiaBerry, 1959
  • Capulus (Thyca)
  • GranulithycaHabe, 1976
  • KiramodulusKuroda, 1949
  • Thyca (Bessomia)Berry, 1959 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Thyca (Kiramodulus) Kuroda, 1949 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Thyca (Thyca)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · accepted, alternate representation

Thyca is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae. [1] These snails are ectoparasites of starfish; they are relatively unmodified, the underside having become a suction disc with a central mouth that draws nourishment from the host's tissues. [2]

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Description

The conical shell is longitudinally grooved, transparent and slightly curved. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Thyca include: [1]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Thyca H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196298 on 2012-07-25
  2. ↑ Combes, Claude (2005). The Art of Being a Parasite. University of Chicago Press. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-226-11438-5.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1886) Manual of Conchology v; VIII

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