Pedicularia pacifica: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Pediculariidae
Genus
Pedicularia
Species
Pedicularia pacifica
Scientific Name
Pedicularia pacifica

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pedicularia pacifica

Pedicularia pacifica is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a cowry-like marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.

These snails live on and feed on certain corals.

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Pedicularia pacifica in languages:

Japanese
マツワリダカラガイ

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Pedicularia pacifica
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Pedicularia pacifica
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Pedicularia pacifica
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Pedicularia pacifica
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