Pelicaria

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Pelicaria
Struthiolaria vermis vermis (small ostrich foot).JPG
Dorsal view of a shell of Pelicaria vermis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Struthiolariidae
Genus: Pelicaria
Gray, 1857
Type species
Buccinum vermisMartyn, 1784
Synonyms

Struthiolaria (Pelicaria)Gray, 1857

Pelicaria is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae. [1]

Species

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Pelicaria Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564558 on 2015-01-29