| Famelica scipio | |
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| Original image of a shell of Famelica scipio | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Famelica |
| Species: | F. scipio |
| Binomial name | |
| Famelica scipio (Dall, 1889) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Famelica scipio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 14 mm.
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This marine species occurs off Dominica and St Vincent at depths between 227 m to 1796 m.
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