Description
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| Stephopoma mamillatum | |
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| Stephopoma mamillatum Morton & Keen, 1960 | |
Stephopoma mamillatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. [1]
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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde islands.
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