Stilifer astericola | |
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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: | Stilifer |
Species: | S. astericola
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Binomial name | |
Stilifer astericola |
Stilifer astericola is a parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the taxonomic family Eulimidae. It is the type species of the genus Stilifer. [1]
The species was discovered in the Malay Archipelago by Hugh Cuming. It was found burrowing in different parts of the oral disc of Heliaster cumingi. [2] [3] [4]