Famelica scipio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Famelica scipio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Famelica |
| Species: | F. scipio
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| Famelica scipio (Dall, 1889)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 14 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Dominica and St Vincent at depths between 227 m to 1796 m.
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Famelica scipio (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532835 on 2019-04-17
- Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake'; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College vol. 18 (1889)
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External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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