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Species: | L. rudolphi |
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Litozamia rudolphi (Brazier, 1894) | |
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Peristernia rudolphiBrazier, 1894 Contents |
Litozamia rudolphi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
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