Pedicularia

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Kingdom Animalia Family Pediculariidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Cypraeoidea Scientific name Pedicularia Higher classification Ovulidae
Similar Ovulidae, Aureolaria pedicularia, Aureolaria, Stylasteridae, Lachesilla

Pedicularia ectoproct with closed lophophore

Pedicularia is a genus of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, cowry-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pediculariidae, the cowry allies.

In Peducularia sicula, the protoconch protrudes.

These snails live on and feed on certain corals.

Species

Species within the genus Pedicularia include:

Pedicularia californica (Newcomb, 1864) - California pedicularia

Pedicularia dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)

Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897

Pedicularia decussata (Gould, 1855) - hatched pedicularia

Pedicularia elegantissima Deshayes, 1863

Pedicularia granulata Neubert, 1998

Pedicularia japonica Dall, 1871

Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865

Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840

Pedicularia splendida Lorenz, 2009

Pedicularia stylasteris Hedley, 1903

Pedicularia subtilis Schilder, 1931

Pedicularia vanderlandi Goud & Hoeksema, 2001

Species brought into synonymy

Pedicularia albida Dall, 1881: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855

Pedicularia bonfigliolii Cossignani, 2006: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855

Pedicularia deshayesiana G. Seguenza, 1865: synonym of Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840

Pedicularia ovuliformis Berry, 1946: synonym of Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864

Pedicularia tibia Simone, 2005: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855

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Pedicularia ectoproct with closed lophophore

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