Description
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| Orectospira tectiformis | |
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| Species: | O. tectiformis |
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| Orectospira tectiformis (Watson, 1880) | |
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Basilissa babelicaDall, 1907 Contents | |
Orectospira tectiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae. [1]
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