Argalista fugitiva

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Argalista fugitiva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Argalista
Species:A. fugitiva
Binomial name
Argalista fugitiva
(Hedley, 1911)

Argalista fugitiva is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. [1]

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References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Argalista fugitiva (Hedley, 1911). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719254 on 2013-03-02