Pedicularia californica

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

Pedicularia californica
Pedicularia californica (Newcomb, 1864) – Pediculariidae – Mollusc shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pedicularia
Species:
P. californica
Binomial name
Pedicularia californica
(Newcomb, 1864)
Synonyms[1]

Pedicularia ovuliformis Berry, 1946

Description

Distribution

In deeper water, California coast and Channel islands.

References

  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
  • Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.


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