Alexania inazawai

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Alexania inazawai
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Shell of Alexania inazawai (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Alexania
Species:
A. inazawai
Binomial name
Alexania inazawai
(Kuroda, 1943)
Synonyms

Habea inazawaiKuroda, 1943

Alexania inazawai is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. [1]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan [1]

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