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Pedicularia pacifica

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Pedicularia pacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Pediculariidae
Genus:
Pedicularia
Species:
P. pacifica
Binomial name
Pedicularia pacifica
Pease, 1865
Synonyms

Pedicularia stylasteris Hedley, 1903[citation needed]
Pediculariona stylasteris Iredale, 1935[citation needed]
Pedicularia maoria Powell, 1937[citation needed]

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

  1. ^ 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
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