Procalpurnus lacteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Procalpurnus
Species:
P. lacteus
Binomial name
Procalpurnus lacteus
(Lamarck, 1810)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calpurnus lacteus Lamarck, 1810
  • Ovula lactea Lamarck, 1810
  • Ovula lactea Paetel, 1887
  • Ovulum album Dufo, 1840

Procalpurnus lacteus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Description

Distribution

References

  1. 1 2 Procalpurnus lacteus (Lamarck, 1810). WoRMS (2009). Procalpurnus lacteus (Lamarck, 1810). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216906 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.


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