Pedicularia pacifica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Genus: | Pedicularia |
Species: | P. pacifica |
Binomial name | |
Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865 | |
Synonyms | |
Pedicularia pacifica is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a cowry-like marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.
These snails live on and feed on certain corals.
References
- Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
External links
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Taxon identifiers | |
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Pedicularia pacifica |