Pulicicochlea

Pulicicochlea is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Western Pacific and off Australia (Queensland).

Species

Species within the genera Pulicicochlea include:

• Pulicicochlea astropyga <small>Ponder & Gooding, 1978</small>
• Pulicicochlea calamaris <small>Ponder & Gooding, 1978</small>
• Pulicicochlea faba <small>Ponder & Gooding, 1978</small>
• Pulicicochlea fusca <small>Ponder & Gooding, 1978</small>

References

• Ponder, W.F. & Gooding, R.U. 1978. Four new eulimid gastropods associated with shallow-water diadematid echinoids in the western Pacific. Pacific Science 32(2): 157-181
• Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.