Addisonia brophyi

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Addisonia brophyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Addisoniidae
Genus: Addisonia
Species:
A. brophyi
Binomial name
Addisonia brophyi
McLean, 1985

Addisonia brophyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Addisoniidae. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Santa Barbara, California, USA to Southern Baja California, Mexico.

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References

  1. Addisonia brophyi McLean, 1985 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 30 January 2011.