Oceanida

Oceanida
Shell of Oceanida graduata. Origin: Guadeloupe, syntype at National Museum of Natural History, France
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Oceanida
de Folin, 1870
Type species
Oceanida graduata
de Folin, 1871
Synonyms
  • Athleenia Bartsch, 1946
  • Spiroclimax Mörch, 1875

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

This genus was described by Léopold de Folin in 1870. These are subtidal snails that are parasitic on echinoderms. Their length varies between 2 and 3 mm.