Pedicularia sicula

Pedicularia sicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Pediculariidae
Subfamily: Pediculariinae
Genus: Pedicularia
Species: P. sicula
Binomial name
Pedicularia sicula
Swainson, 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Pedicularia deshayesiana G. Seguenza, 1865
  • Thyreus paradoxus Philippi, 1844

Pedicularia sicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pediculariidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the East Atlantic, the Azores, Cape Verde, the Canaries, Madeira, European waters and the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840. WoRMS (2010). Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225169 on 12 August 2012.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/31/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.