Pedicularia decussata

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Pedicularia decussata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pedicularia
Species:
P. decussata
Binomial name
Pedicularia decussata
(Gould, 1855)
Synonyms [1]

Pedicularia albidaDall, 1881
Pedicularia bonfiglioliiCossignani, 2006
Pedicularia tibiaSimone, 2005

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Pedicularia decussata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies. [1]

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm. [2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 49 m. [2] The maximum recorded depth is 1170 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Pedicularia decussata (Gould, 1855) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
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