| Thyca ectoconcha | |
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| Thyca ectoconcha crawling on the starfish Linckia multifora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Thyca |
| Species: | T. ectoconcha |
| Binomial name | |
| Thyca ectoconcha P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1887 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thyca ectoconcha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Thyca . [1]
Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Thyca is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae. 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.
Apicalia palmipedis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Echineulima leucophaes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Echineulima philippinarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Thyca astericola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Thyca.
Thyca callista is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Thyca.
Thyca crystallina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eulimidae. It is one of nine species within the genus Thyca, all of which are parasitic on starfish in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. This species was first described in 1846 by the American conchologist Augustus Addison Gould as Pileopsis crystallina but was later transferred to Thyca.
Thyca hawaiiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Thyca.
Thyca lactea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Thyca.
Thyca nardoafrianti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Thyca.
Thyca sagamiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Thyca.
Thyca stellasteris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Thyca.
Stilifer linckiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Stilifer. It is found in the Mascarene Basin.
Goodingia capillastericola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species, along with Goodingia varicosa belongs in the genus Goodingia.
Goodingia varicosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species, along with Goodingia capillastericola, belongs in the genus Goodingia.
Hypermastus cylindricus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Hypermastus lacteus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Melanella aethria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus, Melanella.
Robillardia is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family. This genus was described by Edgar Albert Smith in 1889.