Paziella galapagana

Paziella galapagana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Paziella
Species: P. galapagana
Binomial name
Paziella galapagana
(Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex galapagana W.K. Emerson & A. D'Attilio, 1970 (basionym)
  • Paziella (Paziella) galapagana (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970)
  • Poirieria (Paziella) galapagana (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1970)

Paziella galapagana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Islands.

References


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