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Pedicularia pacifica

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Species of gastropod

Pedicularia pacifica
Scientific classification Edit this 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 stylasteris Hedley, 1903
  • Pediculariona stylasteris Iredale, 1935
  • Pedicularia maoria Powell, 1937

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

  1. Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.

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Taxon identifiers
Pedicularia pacifica
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