Biology:Stilifer astericola

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Stilifer astericola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Stilifer
Species:
S. astericola
Binomial name
Stilifer astericola
(Broderip, 1832)[1]

Stilifer astericola is a parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the taxonomic family Eulimidae. It is the type species of the genus Stilifer.[1]

The species was discovered in the Malay Archipelago by Hugh Cuming. It was found burrowing in different parts of the oral disc of Heliaster cumingi.[2][3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7616975 entry