Microcarina mayii

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Microcarina mayii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Microcarina
Species:M. mayii
Binomial name
Microcarina mayii
(Tate, 1899)

Microcarina mayii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Marshall, B. (2013). Microcarina mayii (Tate, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720297 on 2013-04-14


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