Paramegadenus is a genus of parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Paramegadenus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Paramegadenus
Humphreys & Lützen, 1972
Type species
Megadenus arrhynchus Ivanov, 1937

Distribution

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This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Paramegadenus Humphreys & Lützen, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536400 on 2014-12-24
  • Humphreys & Lutzen, 1972 (Biologiske Skrifter, 19(1): 25)
  • Warén A. (1980) Descriptions of new taxa of Eulimidae (Mollusca, Prosobranchia), with notes on some previously described genera. Zoologica Scripta 9: 283-306
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