Oceanida

Oceanida
Shell of Oceanida graduata. Origin: Guadeloupe, syntype at National Museum of Natural History, France
Scientific classification
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

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

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

Species within this genus include:^[1]

• Oceanida abrejosensis Bartsch, 1917
• Oceanida confluens Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Oceanida corallina Hedley, 1912
• Oceanida faberi De Jong & Coomans, 1988 - the common labeo - found from Aruba to Northeast Brazil.
• Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871 - the shouldered eulima - distributed in North America; Western Atlantic Ocean; synonyms : Spiroclimax scalaris Mörch, 1875; Athleenia burryi Bartsch, 1946
• Oceanida hypolysina Melvill, 1904
• Oceanida inglei Lyons, 1978 - distributed in North America; Western Atlantic Ocean
• Oceanida lampra Melvill, 1918
• Oceanida mindoroensis Adams & Reeve, 1850
• Oceanida whitechurchi Turton, 1932

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• Oceanida tumerae Laseron, 1955: unpublished combination for Hebeulima tumere Laseron, 1955)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

• 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. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&cites=8215572848779594617. Retrieved 14 November 2016. (.pdf document)

External links

• ITIS
• Photo of Oceanida faberi

Wikidata ☰ Q3171231 entry

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