# Aliculastrum

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Aliculastrum cylindricum 01.jpg
| image_caption = ''Aliculastrum cylindricum''
| name = ''Aliculastrum''
| taxon = Aliculastrum
| authority = [Pilsbry](/source/Henry_Augustus_Pilsbry), 1896<ref>Pilsbry H. A. (1896). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1896). ''[Manual of Conchology](/source/Manual_of_Conchology)'' '''16''': [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch16tryorich#page/236/mode/2up 237].</ref>
|synonyms_ref=  <ref name="WoRMS" />
|synonyms=
* ''Alicula'' <small>Ehrenberg, 1831</small> (invalid: junior homonym of ''Alicula'' <small>Eichwald, 1830</small>; ''Aliculastrum'' is a replacement name)
* ''Atys (Alicula)'' <small>Ehrenberg, 1831</small> 
* ''Atys (Aliculastrum)'' <small>Pilsbry, 1896</small> (original rank)
* ''Nipponatys'' <small>Habe, 1952</small> 
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Aliculastrum''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of small [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s or bubble snails, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [opisthobranch](/source/opisthobranch) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s in the family [Haminoeidae](/source/Haminoeidae).<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aliculastrum Pilsbry, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718604 on 2024-08-11</ref>

This genus was originally considered to be a subgenus of ''[Atys](/source/Atys_(gastropod))''.

==Life habits==
These bubble snails are [herbivores](/source/herbivores); they live on plant or [alga](/source/alga)l substrates.

==Species==
Species in the genus ''Aliculastrum'' include:
* † ''[Aliculastrum attenuatum](/source/Aliculastrum_attenuatum)'' <small>(J. de C. Sowerby, 1831)</small><ref>[https://conchology.be/?t=2204&CODsp=8033000003&Genus=Aliculastrum&species=attenuatum&variety= Conchology.be: Aliculastrum cylindricum]</ref>
* ''[Aliculastrum cylindricum](/source/Aliculastrum_cylindricum)'' <small>(Helbling, 1779)</small> 
* ''[Aliculastrum debile](/source/Aliculastrum_debile)'' <small>(Pease, 1860)</small>
* ''[Aliculastrum exaratum](/source/Aliculastrum_exaratum)'' <small>(Carpenter, 1857)</small>
* † ''[Aliculastrum extensum](/source/Aliculastrum_extensum)'' <small>(J. de C. Sowerby, 1831)</small>
* ''[Aliculastrum parallelum](/source/Aliculastrum_parallelum)'' <small>(Gould, 1847)</small>
* † ''[Aliculastrum protocylindricum](/source/Aliculastrum_protocylindricum)'' <small>(Vredenburg, 1925)</small> 
* ''[Aliculastrum secalinum](/source/Aliculastrum_secalinum)'' <small>(A. Adams, 1862)</small>
* ''[Aliculastrum solidum](/source/Aliculastrum_solidum)'' <small>(Bruguière, 1792)</small>
* ''[Aliculastrum tumidum](/source/Aliculastrum_tumidum)'' <small>(Burn, 1978)</small>
* ''[Aliculastrum volvulina](/source/Aliculastrum_volvulina)'' <small>(A. Adams, 1862)</small>
;Synonyms:
* ''Aliculastrum ooformis'' <small>(Habe, 1964)</small>: synonym of ''[Vellicolla ooformis](/source/Vellicolla_ooformis)'' <small>(Habe, 1952)</small>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135  Ehrenberg C.G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F.G. Hemprich & C.G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)]
* [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41491 Pilsbry H.A. (1895-1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. (1)16: Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae, pp. i-vii &#91;1896&#93;, 1–112 &#91;1895&#93;, 113–262 &#91;1896&#93;, pl. 1-31 &#91;1895&#93;, 32–74 &#91;1896&#93;. Philadelphia, Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences]
* [https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.3  Too, C. C.; Carlson, C.; Hoff, P. J.; Malaquias, M. A. E. (2014). Diversity and systematics of Haminoeidae gastropods (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in the tropical West Pacific Ocean: new data on the genera Aliculastrum, Atys, Diniatys and Liloa. Zootaxa. 3794 (3): 355–392]
* [https://doi.org/10.1071/is18051 https://doi.org/10.1071/is18051]

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Category:Gastropod genera
Category:Taxa named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry

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