Cithna margaritifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Liotiidae |
Genus: | Cithna |
Species: | C. margaritifera |
Binomial name | |
Cithna margaritifera (R. B. Watson, 1880) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Lacuna margaritiferaR. B. Watson, 1880 |
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