Polygireulima | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Eulimidae |
Genus: |
Polygireulima Sacco, 1892 |
Synonyms | |
Acicularia Monterosato, 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 within the Polygireulima genera include: [2]