Fusitriton galea

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Fusitriton galea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Fusitriton
Species:
F. galea
Binomial name
Fusitriton galea
Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961

Fusitriton galea is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]

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Description

This species attains a size of 120 mm.

Distribution

Pacific Ocean: Vietnam.

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