Oceanida is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Oceanida
Shell of Oceanida graduata. Origin: Guadeloupe, syntype at National Museum of Natural History, France
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Oceanida
de Folin, 1870
Type species
Oceanida graduata
de Folin, 1871
Synonyms[1]
  • Athleenia Bartsch, 1946
  • Spiroclimax Mörch, 1875

This genus was described by Léopold de Folin in 1870. These are subtidal snails that are parasitic on echinoderms. Their length varies between 2 and 3 mm.

Species

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Species within this genus include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Oceanida burryi (Bartsch, 1946): synonym of Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871
  • Oceanida catalinensis (Bartsch, 1920) : synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
  • Oceanida lepida (A. Adams, 1864): synonym of Leiostraca pygmaea A. Adams, 1864
  • Oceanida ovalis de Folin, 1884: synonym of Doliella nitens' (Jeffreys, 1870)
  • Oceanida pumila A. Adams, 1864 (taxon unverified- still inquarantine at WoRMS)
  • Oceanida tumerae Laseron, 1955: unpublished combination for Hebeulima tumere Laseron, 1955)
  • Oceanida scalaris (Mörch, 1875): synonym of Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871

References

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  1. ^ a b c Oceanida de Folin, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2019.
  • Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69 1-261, 47 pls.
  • de Folin L. 1870. D'une méthode de classification pour les coquilles de la famille des Chemnitzidae. Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département du Maine et Loire 12: 191-202
  • Folin, L. de. 1871. Nouveau supplément aux mollusques de la Pointe-à-Pitre In: L. de Folin & L. Périer ed. Les Fonds de la Mer 1 263-265, pl. 24 Savy: Paris
  • Morch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium Malakozoologische Blätter 22 142–184.
  • Lyons, W. G. 1978. Status of the genus Oceanida DeFolin (Gastropoda: Eulimidae), with a description of a new species Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91 539–545.
  • David K.Camp; William G. Lyons & Thomas H. Perkins (1998). Checklists of Selected Shallow-Water Marine Invertebrates of Florida. St. Petersburg, FL: Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.(.pdf document)
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