Pedicularia splendida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[2]
| Pedicularia splendida | |
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| Shell of Pedicularia splendida (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Pedicularia |
| Species: | P. splendida
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| Binomial name | |
| Pedicularia splendida Lorenz, 2009[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species was found on the Hyères Seamount, Northeast Atlantic
References edit
- ^ Lorenz F., 2009. Two new Pediculariidae from Hyères Seamount, eastern central Atlantic (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Acta Conchyliorum 10: 87–94.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Pedicularia splendida Lorenz, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
- Lorenz F., 2009. Two new Pediculariidae from Hyères Seamount, eastern central Atlantic (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Acta Conchyliorum 10: 87-94.
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.