Bembicium hokianga

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Bembicium hokianga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Bembicium
Species:
B. hokianga
Binomial name
Bembicium hokianga
(Laws, 1948)
Synonyms
List
  • Astraea (Astralium) hokiangaLaws, 1948
  • Astraea hokiangaLaws, 1948
  • Bembicium discoideumD. Reid, 1988

Bembicium hokianga is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. [1]

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References

  1. Bembicium hokianga (Laws, 1948) . WoRMS (2023). Bembicium hokianga (Laws, 1948). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549383 on 26 June 2023 .