Struthiolaria papulosa
| Struthiolaria papulosa | |
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| A dorsal view of a shell of Struthiolaria papulosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Struthiolariidae |
| Genus: | Struthiolaria |
| Species: | S. papulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Struthiolaria papulosa (Martyn, 1784) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Apertural view of the same shell
Struthiolaria papulosa, common name the "ostrich foot snail" or "ostrich foot shell", is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae.
References
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 66
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Struthiolaria papulosa on Gastropoda Stromboidea - Ulrich Wieneke and Han Stoutjesdijk
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