Thyca

Thyca
Shell of Thyca crystallina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Thyca
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Pileopsis astericola
A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Bessomia Berry, 1959
  • Capulus (Thyca)
  • Granulithyca Habe, 1976
  • Kiramodulus Kuroda, 1949
  • Thyca (Bessomia) Berry, 1959 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Thyca (Kiramodulus) Kuroda, 1949 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Thyca (Thyca) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · accepted, alternate representation

Thyca is a genus of small, ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Description

The conical shell is longitudinally grooved, transparent and slightly curved.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Thyca include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Thyca H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196298 on 2012-07-25
  2. G.W. Tryon (1886) Manual of Conchology v; VIII
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