Fargoa

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Fargoa
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Fargoa

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Fargoa is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae.

Life habits[]

The members of Fargoa are ectoparasites on the serpulid polychaete Hydroides.[2]

Species[]

Species within the genus Fargoa include:

References[]

  1. ^ Bartsch, P. (1955). "The pyramidellid molluscs of the Pliocene deposits of North St. Petersburg, Florida". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 106 (20): 1–102, 18 plates.
  2. ^ Robertson R. & Mau-Lastovicka T. (1979). "The ectoparasitism of Boonea and Fargoa (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae)". Biological Bulletin. 157 (2): 320–333. doi:10.2307/1541058. JSTOR 1541058.
  3. ^ Schander C., Van Aartsen J. J. & Corgan J. X. (1999). "Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Bollettino Malacologico. 34 (9–12): 145–166.

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