Stilapex

Stilapex is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.

Stilapex
Drawing of a shell of Stilapex montrouzieri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Stilapex Iredale, 1925
Type species
Stilapex lactarius Iredale, 1925
Synonyms
Lambertia Souverbie, 1869 (Invalid: junior homonym of Lambertia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 [Diptera]) Stilapex laseroni'' Cotton, 1957 Stilifer parva Schepman, 1909 (original combination) Stylapex laseroni Cotton, 1957

Species

Species within the genera Stilapex include:

• Stilapex cookeanus Bartsch, 1917
• Stilapex eburnea Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909
• Stilapex lactarius Iredale, 1925 (Type taxon)
• Stilapex montrouzieri Souverbie, 1869
• Stilapex ophiuraphila Habe, 1976
• Stilapex parva Schepman, 1909
• Stilapex polaris Hedley, 1916
• Stilapex suzuki Habe, 1991
• Stilapex teremachii Habe, 1958
• Stilapex thielei Sturany, 1903
• Stilapex zebra Habe, 1976

Species brought into synonymy

• Stilapex cookeana [sic] : synonym of Stilapex cookeanus (Bartsch, 1917)
• Stilapex koyamai Habe, 1976 : synonym of Peasistilifer koyamai (Habe, 1976)
• Stilapex laseroni Cotton, 1957 : synonym of Stilapex parva (Schepman, 1909)
• Stilapex tokii Habe, 1974: synonym of Echinothuricola tokii (Habe, 1974)

References

• Iredale, T. 1925. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 243-270
• Souverbie, S.M. 1869. Diagnoses de Mollusques inédits provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 416-421

External links

• Waren, Anders (1980). "Revision of the Genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 9: 187. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00663.x.
• Marine Species Identification Portal