Pulicicochlea is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]
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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: | Pulicicochlea Ponder & Gooding, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| Pulicicochlea calamaris Ponder & Gooding, 1978 | |
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Distribution
editThis marine genus occurs in the Western Pacific and off Australia (Queensland).
Species
editSpecies within the genera Pulicicochlea include:
- Pulicicochlea astropyga Ponder & Gooding, 1978
- Pulicicochlea calamaris Ponder & Gooding, 1978
- Pulicicochlea faba Ponder & Gooding, 1978
- Pulicicochlea fusca Ponder & Gooding, 1978
References
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- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Pulicicochlea Ponder & Gooding, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537161 on 2014-12-25
- 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.