# Fargoa

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***Fargoa*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of very small [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) [Chrysallidini](/source/Chrysallidini) within the family [Pyramidellidae](/source/Pyramidellidae).

## Life habits

The members of *Fargoa* are [ectoparasites](/source/Ectoparasite) on the [serpulid](/source/Serpulidae) [polychaete](/source/Polychaete) *[Hydroides](/source/Hydroides)*.[2]

## Species

Species within the genus *Fargoa* include:

- *[Fargoa calesi](/source/Fargoa_calesi)* (Bartsch, 1955) = *[Fargoa bushiana](/source/Fargoa_bushiana)* (Bartsch, 1909) - as *Odostomia bushiana*, type species[3]
- *[Fargoa bartschi](/source/Fargoa_bartschi)* (Winkley, 1909)
- *[Fargoa buijsei](/source/Fargoa_buijsei)* (de Jong & Coomans, 1988)
- *[Fargoa dianthophila](/source/Fargoa_dianthophila)* (H. W. Wells & M. J. Wells, 1961)
- *[Fargoa dux](/source/Fargoa_dux)* (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
- *[Fargoa gaudens](/source/Fargoa_gaudens)* Odé, 1993
- *[Fargoa gibbosa](/source/Fargoa_gibbosa)* (Bush, 1909)

## References

1. [Bartsch, P.](/source/Paul_Bartsch) (1955). "The pyramidellid molluscs of the Pliocene deposits of North St. Petersburg, Florida". *Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections*. **106** (20): 1–102, 18 plates.

1. Robertson R. & Mau-Lastovicka T. (1979). "The ectoparasitism of *[Boonea](/source/Boonea)* and *Fargoa* (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae)". *Biological Bulletin*. **157** (2): 320–333. [doi:10.2307/1541058](https://doi.org/10.2307/1541058). [JSTOR 1541058](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1541058)

1. Schander C., Van Aartsen J. J. & Corgan J. X. (1999). "Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". *Bollettino Malacologico*. **34** (9–12): 145–166.

## External links

- [*Fargoa dianthophila* - Serpulid odostome](http://www.jaxshells.org/ary.htm)
- [*Fargoa buijsei* - Buijse’s Odostome](http://www.jaxshells.org/929za.htm)

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