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

Stilapex
Drawing of a shell of Stilapex montrouzieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Stilapex
Iredale, 1925
Type species
Stilapex lactarius Iredale, 1925
Synonyms
  • Lambertia Souverbie, 1869 (Invalid: junior homonym of Lambertia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 [Diptera])
  • Stilapex laseroni'' Cotton, 1957
  • Stilifer parva Schepman, 1909 (original combination)
  • Stylapex laseroni Cotton, 1957

Species

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Species within the genera Stilapex include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Stilapex cookeana [sic] : synonym of Stilapex cookeanus (Bartsch, 1917)
  • Stilapex koyamai Habe, 1976 : synonym of Peasistilifer koyamai (Habe, 1976)
  • Stilapex laseroni Cotton, 1957 : synonym of Stilapex parva (Schepman, 1909)
  • Stilapex tokii Habe, 1974: synonym of Echinothuricola tokii (Habe, 1974)

References

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  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Stilapex Iredale, 1925". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  • Iredale, T. 1925. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 243-270
  • Souverbie, S.M. 1869. Diagnoses de Mollusques inédits provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 416-421
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