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Bedeva paivae

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Bedeva paivae
Bedeva paivae shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Bedeva
Species:
B. paivae
Binomial name
Bedeva paivae
(Crosse, 1864)
Synonyms[1]

Bedeva pensa Iredale, 1940
Murex hermanni Velain, 1877
Trophon assisi Tenison-Woods, 1877
Trophon australis Tenison-Woods, 1876
Trophon hanleyi Angas, 1867
Trophon paivae Crosse, 1864
Trophon squamosissima Tenison-Woods, 1879

Bedeva paivae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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The holotype of this marine species was found off Antarctica between the Isles Saint Paul and Amsterdam.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bedeva paivae (Crosse, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Velain, C., 1876. Zoologie: sur la faune malacologique des îles Saint Paul et Amsterdam. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 83(4): 284–287 (nomen nudum)
  • Velain, C., 1877. Description des mollusques. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 6: 98–144
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Beigbeder, J., 1943. Catalogue des types de gastéropodes marins conservés au laboratoire de Malacologie. II. - Tritonalia ; Thyphis ; Trophon. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2° série, 15(5): 324–328
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