Pedicularia
Genus of sea snails
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Pedicularia is a genus of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, cowry-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.[2]
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| Pedicularia | |
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| Pedicularia elegantissima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Pediculariinae |
| Genus: | Pedicularia Swainson, 1840[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
In Peducularia sicula, the protoconch protrudes.[3]
These snails live on and feed on certain corals.
Species
Species within the genus Pedicularia include:[2]
- Pedicularia californica (Newcomb, 1864) - California pedicularia
- Pedicularia dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)
- Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897
- Pedicularia decussata (Gould, 1855) - hatched pedicularia
- † Pedicularia deshayesiana G. Seguenza, 1865
- Pedicularia elegantissima Deshayes, 1863
- Pedicularia granulata Neubert, 1998
- Pedicularia japonica Dall, 1871
- Pedicularia morrisoni Lorenz, 2013
- Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865
- Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840
- Pedicularia splendida Lorenz, 2009
- Pedicularia stylasteris Hedley, 1903
- Pedicularia subtilis Schilder, 1931
- Pedicularia vanderlandi Goud & Hoeksema, 2001
- Species brought into synonymy
- Pedicularia albida Dall, 1881: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855
- Pedicularia bonfigliolii Cossignani, 2006: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855
- Pedicularia deshayesiana Seguenza, 1865: synonym of Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840
- Pedicularia ovuliformis Berry, 1946: synonym of Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864
- Pedicularia tibia Simone, 2005: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855
