Pedicularia pacifica
Species of gastropod
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Pedicularia pacifica is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a cowry-like marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.[1]
| Pedicularia pacifica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Pedicularia |
| Species: | P. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865 | |
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These snails live on and feed on certain corals.