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Hormospira maculosa
Sign in to saveHormospira is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, containing the single species Hormospira maculosa.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyPseudomelatomidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 201
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Pseudomelatomidae
- Collections
- DMNS, CAS, ICML-UNAM, SDNHM, SIO, UCMP
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hormospira is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, containing the single species Hormospira maculosa.
==Description== The length of the shell attains 50 mm its diameter 13 mm.
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