Siliquaria muricata

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Siliquaria muricata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Siliquariidae
Genus: Siliquaria
Species:
S. muricata
Binomial name
Siliquaria muricata
Born, 1780
Synonyms [1]

Tenagodes muricatusLamarck

Siliquaria muricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

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