Hypermastus mareticola
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| Hypermastus mareticola on the aboral surface of | |
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| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda
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| Superfamily: | Eulimoidea
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| Species: | H. mareticola
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| Hypermastus mareticola Warén & Norris, 1994
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Hypermastus mareticola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
Discovered by Daniel Ray Norris (1992) in Apra Harbor, Guam. H. mareticola was found as a parasite of the irregular sea urchin .
Daniel Ray Norris with lobster at UOG Marine Laboratory
References[]
- ^ Warén & Norris, 1994. Warén A., Norris D.R. & Templado J. (1994) Descriptions of four new eulilmid gastropods parasitic on irregular sea urchins. The Veliger 37(2):141-154. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536282 on 2013-03-13.
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Categories:
- Eulimidae
- Gastropods described in 1991
- Eulimidae stubs