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Polinices mammilla 01

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Summary[edit] Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Subregnum: Eumetazoa • Cladus: Bilateria • Superphylum: Protostomia • Phylum: Mollusca • Classis: Gastropoda • Cladus: Caenogastropoda • Cladus: Hypsogastropoda • Cladus: Littorinimorpha • Familia: Naticidae • Genus: Polinices • Species: Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Description: English: Shell of Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758), synonym: Polinices tumidus (Swainson, 1840) English: Pear-shaped Moon Snail, Length 2.5 cm; Originating from Vietnam; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded. Dorsal, lateral (right side), ventral, back, and front view. Deutsch: Länge 2,5 cm; Herkunft: Vietnam. Date: 24 October 2012. Source: Own work. Author: H. Zell. To the gallery of shells[edit].

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