Enteroxenos
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Enteroxenos is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Enteroxenos is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae. ==Description== These small snails have no mouth or gut, and absorb nutrients through their body wall. These odd animals look much more like worms than snails, but the larval form is a veliger, which is characteristic of mollusks. ==Species== Species within this genus include the following: Enteroxenos bouvieri (Risbec, 1953) Enteroxenos muelleri (Semper, 1868) Enteroxenos oestergreni Bonnevie, 1902 Enteroxenos parastichopoli ( Tikasingh, 1961) Species brought into synonymy: Enteroxenos ostergreni (Bonnevie, 1902) : synonym of Enteroxenos oestergreni (Bonnevie, 1902) ==Reproduction== The female is significantly larger than the male and may grow up to in length. The females become hosts to the smaller males, which then fertilise their eggs. ==References== ==External links== First page of a 1964 paper in Transactions of American Microscopical Society about a species in this genus The original 1902 paper (in German) describing the species Nomenclator Zoologicus info on the genus To World Register of Marine Species
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