Entoconcha mirabilis

Entoconcha mirabilis is a species of very small parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species is the only one known to exist within the genus, Entoconcha.^[1] The species is parasitic on holothuroidea, sea cucumbers. As an adult it resembles a worm and has no shell.

Entoconcha mirabilis
Entoconcha mirabilis within Oestergrenia digitata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Entoconcha
Species:	E. mirabilis
Binomial name
Entoconcha mirabilis J. Müller, 1852
Synonyms
Entoconcha parasita Baur, 1864 Helicosyrinx parasita Baur, 1864

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

• European waters (ERMS scope)