Fargoa

Genus of gastropods

Fargoa

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Family:  | Pyramidellidae
Genus:  | Fargoa
Bartsch, 1955[1]
Species

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Fargoa is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae.

## Life habits

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The members of Fargoa are ectoparasites on the serpulid polychaete Hydroides.[2]

## Species

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Species within the genus Fargoa include:

* Fargoa calesi (Bartsch, 1955) = Fargoa bushiana (Bartsch, 1909) - as Odostomia bushiana, type species[3]
* Fargoa bartschi (Winkley, 1909)
* Fargoa buijsei (de Jong & Coomans, 1988)
* Fargoa dianthophila (H. W. Wells & M. J. Wells, 1961)
* Fargoa dux (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
* Fargoa gaudens Odé, 1993
* Fargoa gibbosa (Bush, 1909)

## References

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1. ^ Bartsch, P. (1955). "The pyramidellid molluscs of the Pliocene deposits of North St. Petersburg, Florida". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 106 (20): 1–102, 18 plates.
2. ^ Robertson R. & Mau-Lastovicka T. (1979). "The ectoparasitism of Boonea and Fargoa (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae)". Biological Bulletin. 157 (2): 320–333\. doi:10.2307/1541058. JSTOR 1541058.
3. ^ Schander C., Van Aartsen J. J. & Corgan J. X. (1999). "Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Bollettino Malacologico. 34 (9–12): 145–166.9–12&rft.pages=145-166&rft.date=1999&rft.au=Schander+C.,+Van+Aartsen+J.+J.+&+Corgan+J.+X.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Fargoa" class="Z3988">

## External links

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* Fargoa dianthophila \- Serpulid odostome
* Fargoa buijsei \- Buijse’s Odostome

Taxon identifiers

Fargoa|

* Wikidata: Q3171249
* CoL: 7P29N
* GBIF: 2298465
* iNaturalist: 246499
* IRMNG: 1027229
* ITIS: 75994
* NCBI: 160016
* Paleobiology Database: 116497
* Plazi: 664F8792-FF9B-B308-3FDB-565628092AC5
* WoRMS: 160324

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