Pectinodonta rhyssa

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Pectinodonta rhyssa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Pectinodontidae
Genus: Pectinodonta
Species:
P. rhyssa
Binomial name
Pectinodonta rhyssa
(Dall, 1925)

Pectinodonta rhyssa is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pectinodontidae, one of the families of true limpets. [1]

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