Paramegadenus is a genus of parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]
| Paramegadenus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Paramegadenus Humphreys & Lützen, 1972 |
| Type species | |
| Megadenus arrhynchus Ivanov, 1937 | |
Distribution
editThis marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland
Species
edit- Paramegadenus arrhynchus (Ivanov, 1937)
- Paramegadenus incerta Warén, 1980
- Paramegadenus scutellicola Warén, 1980
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Paramegadenus Humphreys & Lützen, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536400 on 2014-12-24
- Humphreys & Lutzen, 1972 (Biologiske Skrifter, 19(1): 25)
- Warén A. (1980) Descriptions of new taxa of Eulimidae (Mollusca, Prosobranchia), with notes on some previously described genera. Zoologica Scripta 9: 283-306
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