Asterophila
Appearance
Asterophila | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Eulimidae |
Genus: | Asterophila Randall & Heath, 1912 |
Type species | |
Asterophila japonica Randall & Heath, 1912 |
Asterophila is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]
Species
[edit]There are three known species within the Asterophila genus of gastropods. These include the following:
- Asterophila japonica (Randall & Heath, 1912)
- Asterophila perknasteri (Warén, in Warén & Lewis, 1994)
- Asterophila rathbunasteri (Warén, in Warén & Lewis, 1994)
References
[edit]- ^ Randall & Heath, 1912. Warén A. & Lewis L.M. (1994) Two new species of eulimid gastropods endoparasitic in asteroids. The Veliger 37(4):325-335. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196954 on 2013-02-11.
- Warén A. & Lewis L.M. (1994) Two new species of eulimid gastropods endoparasitic in asteroids. The Veliger 37(4):325-335.
External links
[edit]