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Pelicaria

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Pelicaria
Dorsal view of a shell of Pelicaria vermis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Struthiolariidae
Genus: Pelicaria
Gray, 1857
Type species
Buccinum vermis Martyn, 1784
Synonyms

Struthiolaria (Pelicaria) Gray, 1857

Pelicaria is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae.[1]

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Pelicaria acuminata (Marwick, 1924): synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • Pelicaria convexa (Marwick, 1924): synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • Pelicaria fossa (Marwick, 1924): synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • Pelicaria mangaoparia Vella, 1953: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • Pelicaria marwicki Finlay, 1931: synonym of † Tylospira marwicki (Finlay, 1931) (original combination)
  • Pelicaria rotunda Vella, 1953: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Pelicaria Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564558 on 2015-01-29
  • Beu, AG (2010). "Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 40 (3–4): 59–180. Bibcode:2010JRSNZ..40...59B. doi:10.1080/03036758.2010.500717.
  • Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. (Gastropoda). British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp