Pedicularia
| Pedicularia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Pediculariidae |
| Genus: |
Pedicularia Swainson, 1840 |
| Type species | |
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Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840 |
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
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Pedicularia is a genus of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, cowry-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pediculariidae, the cowry allies.
In Peducularia sicula, the protrudes.
These snails live on and feed on certain corals.
Species within the genus Pedicularia include:
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