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Boonea bisuturalis (two-groove odostome)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Boonea bisuturalis (also known as the three-toothed odostome or the two-groove odostome) is a species of minute sea snail, a pyramidellid gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of eleven known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods. This species is ectoparasitic (an external parasite) on various bivalves and other gastropods. It is notorious as a pest on oyster beds. Its preferred hosts are the common periwinkle Littorina littorea, the mud snail Hyanassa obsoleta or the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica
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Invasive Species

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Predators

Aythya americana (Redhead)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Lecithaster confusus[2]

External References

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1FOOD HABITS OF REDHEADS (AYTHYA AMERICANA) WINTERING IN SEAGRASS BEDS OF COASTAL LOUISIANA AND TEXAS, USA, MICHOT, T. C., WOODIN, M. C. and NAULT, A. J., Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54 (Suppl. 1), pp. 239–250, 2008
2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0