Hydrocena | |
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Hydrocena cattaroensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Hydrocenidae |
Genus: | Hydrocena Küster, 1844 |
Hydrocena is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Hydrocenidae. [1]
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. [1]
Species: [1]
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