Pedicularia sicula
| Pedicularia sicula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Pediculariidae |
| Subfamily: | Pediculariinae |
| Genus: | Pedicularia |
| Species: | P. sicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Pedicularia sicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pediculariidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the East Atlantic, the Azores, Cape Verde, the Canaries, Madeira, European waters and the Mediterranean Sea.
References
- 1 2 Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840. WoRMS (2010). Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225169 on 12 August 2012.
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
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