Argalista rosea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
Family: | Colloniidae |
Subfamily: | Colloniinae |
Genus: | Argalista |
Species: | A. rosea |
Binomial name | |
Argalista rosea (Tenison Woods, 1876) | |
Argalista rosea is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. [1]
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