Pedicularia elegantissima
Species of gastropod
| Pedicularia elegantissima | |
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| Shell of Pedicularia elegantissima (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- ^ Pedicularia elegantissima Deshayes, 1863. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
- 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
- Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1–144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris.
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