Biology:Pedicularia elegantissima

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pedicularia elegantissima
Pedicularia elegantissima (MNHN-IM-2000-3541) 004.jpeg
Shell of Pedicularia elegantissima (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pedicularia
Species:
P. elegantissima
Binomial name
Pedicularia elegantissima
Deshayes, 1863

Pedicularia elegantissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Réunion.

References

  • Liltved W.R. (2000) Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. Seacomber Publications. 224 pp.
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6780161 entry