Amphissa versicolor

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Amphissa versicolor
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Amphissa versicolor shells
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Amphissa
Species:
A. versicolor
Binomial name
Amphissa versicolor
W. H. Dall, 1871

Amphissa versicolor is a species of small sea snail in the family Columbellidae. It is native to the Eastern Pacific. [1]

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