Oceanida de Folin 1870

Oceanida is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.^[1]

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

Species within this genus include:^[1]

• Oceanida abrejosensis Bartsch, 1917
• Oceanida confluens Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Oceanida corallina Hedley, 1912
• Oceanida faberi De Jong & Coomans, 1988 - the common labeo - found from Aruba to Northeast Brazil.
• Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871 - the shouldered eulima - distributed in North America; Western Atlantic Ocean; synonyms : Spiroclimax scalaris Mörch, 1875; Athleenia burryi Bartsch, 1946
• Oceanida hypolysina Melvill, 1904
• Oceanida inglei Lyons, 1978 - distributed in North America; Western Atlantic Ocean
• Oceanida lampra Melvill, 1918
• Oceanida mindoroensis Adams & Reeve, 1850
• Oceanida whitechurchi Turton, 1932

Species brought into synonymy

• Oceanida burryi (Bartsch, 1946): synonym of Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871
• Oceanida catalinensis (Bartsch, 1920) : synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
• Oceanida lepida (A. Adams, 1864): synonym of Leiostraca pygmaea A. Adams, 1864
• Oceanida ovalis de Folin, 1884: synonym of Doliella nitens' (Jeffreys, 1870)
• Oceanida pumila A. Adams, 1864 (taxon unverified- still inquarantine at WoRMS)
• Oceanida tumerae Laseron, 1955: unpublished combination for Hebeulima tumere Laseron, 1955)
• Oceanida scalaris (Mörch, 1875): synonym of Oceanida graduata de Folin, 1871

References

• Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69 1-261, 47 pls.
• de Folin L. 1870. D'une méthode de classification pour les coquilles de la famille des Chemnitzidae. Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département du Maine et Loire 12: 191-202
• Folin, L. de. 1871. Nouveau supplément aux mollusques de la Pointe-à-Pitre In: L. de Folin & L. Périer ed. Les Fonds de la Mer 1 263-265, pl. 24 Savy: Paris
• Morch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium Malakozoologische Blätter 22 142-184.
• Lyons, W. G. 1978. Status of the genus Oceanida DeFolin (Gastropoda: Eulimidae), with a description of a new species Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91 539-545.
• David K.Camp; William G. Lyons & Thomas H. Perkins (1998). Checklists of Selected Shallow-Water Marine Invertebrates of Florida. St. Petersburg, FL: Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.(.pdf document)