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Pedicularia pacifica

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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 pacifica is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a cowry-like marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.[1]

These snails live on and feed on certain corals.

References

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  1. ^ Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1