Nerita filosa

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Nerita filosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Nerita
Species:
N. filosa
Binomial name
Nerita filosa
Reeve, 1855

Nerita filosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. [1]

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References

  1. Nerita filosa Reeve, 1855 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 May 2010.