Contrasimnia formosana

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Contrasimnia formosana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Contrasimnia
Species:
C. formosana
Binomial name
Contrasimnia formosana
(Azuma, 1972)

Contrasimnia formosana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. [1]

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References

  1. Contrasimnia formosana (Azuma, 1972) . WoRMS (2009). Contrasimnia formosana (Azuma, 1972). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010 .