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Pediculariinae
Subfamily of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pediculariinae is a subfamily of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae and the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies.[1] As of 2009, it comprises 48 described species of which 20 are regarded as valid by most scientists.[citation needed]
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Pediculariinae | |
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Pedicularia elegantissima | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Subfamily: | Pediculariinae Gray, 1853 |
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Diversity[citation needed] | |
20 species |
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