Phalium fimbria | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cassidae |
Genus: | Phalium |
Species: | P. fimbria |
Binomial name | |
Phalium fimbria (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Synonyms | |
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Phalium fimbria is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails. [1]
Shell size 80 mm.
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