Pedicularia splendida

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Pedicularia splendida
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Shell of Pedicularia splendida (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pedicularia
Species:
P. splendida
Binomial name
Pedicularia splendida
Lorenz, 2009 [1]

Pedicularia splendida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm.

Distribution

This species was found on the Hyères Seamount, Northeast Atlantic

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