Pedicularia pacifica
Appearance
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
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Binomial name | |
Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865
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Synonyms | |
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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
[edit]- ^ Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1