| Acirsa pratoma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Acirsa |
| Species: | A. pratoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Acirsa pratoma (Dall, 1919) | |
| Synonyms | |
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