Eulimidae

Eulimidae
Apertural view of the shell of Melanella candida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Eulimoidea
Family:	Eulimidae Philippi, 1853
Genera
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Synonyms
Asterophilidae Enteroxenidae Entocolacidae Entoconchidae Melanellidae Paedophoropodidae Pelseneeriidae Roseniidae Stiliferidae Strombiformidae Stylinidae (Invalid: type genus [Stylina Fleming, 1828] a junior homonym) Thycidae Thycinae Thiele, 1929 Turtoniidae (Invalid: type genus [Turtonia Rosén, 1910] a junior homonym)

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

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Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Eulimoidea.

These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sea stars, etc. All species lack a radula, in most cases possessing a proboscis which they extend into their host's body cavity in order to feed.

Genera within the family Eulimidae include:

parasiting a sea star Linckia multifora.

Pyramidelloides miranda

Eulimids on a juvenile sea cucumber holothuria verrucosa.

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