Aliculastrum
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Aliculastrum | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Gastropoda | subclassis = Orthogastropoda | superordo = Heterobranchia | ordo = Opisthobranchia | subordo = Cephalaspidea | superfamilia = Haminoeoidea | familia = Haminoeidae | genus = Aliculastrum | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
Aliculastrum (Pilsbry, 1896) is a genus of gastropod. It was originally considered a subgenus of Atys. They are herbivores on plant or algal substrates.
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Species
- Aliculastrum attenuatum
- Aliculastrum cylindricum (Helbling, 1779) Cylindrical Atys, Cylindrical True Bubble, Silkworm Shell
- Distribution : Indo- West Pacific
- Length : 10-30 mm
- Aliculastrum extensum
- Aliculastrum ooformis (Habe, 1964)