Octomarginula arabica

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Octomarginula arabica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Octomarginula
Species:
O. arabica
Binomial name
Octomarginula arabica
Adams, 1852
Synonyms
  • Emarginula arabica Adams, 1852 (original combination)

Octomarginula arabica is a species of sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1]

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Octomarginula arabica (A. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585748 on 2012-10-22