Pedicularia pacifica
| Pedicularia pacifica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Pediculariidae |
| Genus: | Pedicularia |
| Species: | P. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pedicularia stylasteris Hedley, 1903 | |
Pedicularia pacifica is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a cowry-like marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pediculariidae, the cowry allies.[1]
These snails live on and feed on certain corals.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2009). Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437176 on 2010-05-24
External links
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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