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Oceanida is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]
Oceanida | |
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Shell of Oceanida graduata. Origin: Guadeloupe, syntype at National Museum of Natural History, France | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea |
Family: | Eulimidae |
Genus: | Oceanida de Folin, 1870 |
Type species | |
Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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This genus was described by Léopold de Folin in 1870. These are subtidal snails that are parasitic on echinoderms. Their length varies between 2 and 3 mm.
Species within this genus include:[1]
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