Cominella glandiformis

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Cominella glandiformis
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C. glandiformis
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Cominella glandiformis
(Reeve, 1847)

Cominella glandiformis, or the mud whelk or mud-flat whelk is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cominellidae.

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