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Oceanida

Oceanida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropda
Group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Oceanida
de Folin, 1870
Type species
Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871
Synonyms
  • Athleenia Bartsch, 1946
  • Spiroclimax Mörch, 1875

Oceanida is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.

This genus was described by Léopold de Folin in 1870. These are subtidal snails that are parasitic on echinoderms. Their length varies between 2 and 3 mm.

Species within this genus include:



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