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| Species: | S. rangiana |
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| Smaragdia rangiana (Recluz) | |
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Neritina rangianaRécluz, 1841 | |
Smaragdia rangiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. [1]
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