Aliculastrum

Aliculastrum
Aliculastrum cylindricum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Cephalaspidea
Family:	Haminoeidae
Genus:	Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896[1]
Species
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Aliculastrum is a genus of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae.^{[citation needed]}

This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of Atys.

Life habits[]

These bubble snails are herbivores; they live on plant or algal substrates.

Species[]

Species in the genus Aliculastrum include:

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• (Helbling, 1779) - Cylindrical atys, cylindrical true bubble, silkworm shell, Distribution : Indo-West Pacific, Length: 10 to 30 mm^{[citation needed]}
• (Pease, 1860)
• (Carpenter, 1857)
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• (Habe, 1964)^{[citation needed]}
• (Gould, 1847)
• (A. Adams, 1862)
• (Bruguière, 1792)
• (Burn, 1978)
• (A. Adams, 1862)

References[]

External links[]

• Ehrenberg C.G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F.G. Hemprich & C.G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)
• Pilsbry H.A. (1895-1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. (1)16: Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae, pp. i-vii [1896, 1-112 [1895], 113-262 [1896], pl. 1-31 [1895], 32-74 [1896]. Philadelphia, Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences]
• Too, C. C.; Carlson, C.; Hoff, P. J.; Malaquias, M. A. E. (2014). Diversity and systematics of Haminoeidae gastropods (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in the tropical West Pacific Ocean: new data on the genera Aliculastrum, Atys, Diniatys and Liloa. Zootaxa. 3794 (3): 355–392
• https://doi.org/10.1071/is18051

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