Aliculastrum is a genus of small sea snails or bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Haminoeidae.[citation needed]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Haminoeidae |
| Genus: | Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896[1] |
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This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of Atys.
Life habits edit
These bubble snails are herbivores; they live on plant or algal substrates.
Species edit
Species in the genus Aliculastrum include:
- Aliculastrum attenuatum[citation needed]
- Aliculastrum cylindricum (Helbling, 1779) - Cylindrical atys, cylindrical true bubble, silkworm shell, Distribution : Indo-West Pacific, Length: 10 to 30 mm[citation needed]
- Aliculastrum debile (Pease, 1860)
- Aliculastrum exaratum (Carpenter, 1857)
- Aliculastrum extensum[citation needed]
- Aliculastrum ooformis (Habe, 1964)[citation needed]
- Aliculastrum parallelum (Gould, 1847)
- Aliculastrum secalinum (A. Adams, 1862)
- Aliculastrum solidum (Bruguière, 1792)
- Aliculastrum tumidum (Burn, 1978)
- Aliculastrum volvulina (A. Adams, 1862)
References edit
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1896). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1896). Manual of Conchology 16: 237.
External links edit
- 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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