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Paziella galapagana

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Paziella galapagana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Paziella
Species:
P. galapagana
Binomial name
Paziella galapagana
(Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex galapagana W.K. Emerson & A. D'Attilio, 1970 (basionym)
  • Paziella (Paziella) galapagana (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970)
  • Poirieria (Paziella) galapagana (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970)

Paziella galapagana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Islands.

References

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  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 164