Linatella

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Linatella
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Linatella caudata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Linatella
Gray, 1857
Species
Synonyms [1]

Triton (Linatella) Gray, 1857

Linatella is a genus of sea snails known as predatory whelks, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae. [1] [2]

Species

The only species within the genus Linatella is: [1]

Species brought into synonymy

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