Goodingia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1] They are crinoid-parasitic.[2]

Goodingia
Drawing with three views of a shell of Goodingia varicosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Goodingia
Lützen, 1972

Species

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There are two known species within this genus of gastropods, these include the following:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lützen, 1972. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 47. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536142 on 2013-02-24.
  2. ^ Takano, Tsuyoshi; Goto, Ryutaro (February 2021). "Molecular and morphological systematics of the crinoid-parasitic snail genus Goodingia (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Eulimidae) with new insights into intrafamilial phylogenetic relationships". Marine Biodiversity. 51 (1). doi:10.1007/s12526-020-01141-0. ISSN 1867-1616.
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