Pedicularia is a genus of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, cowry-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.[2]
In Peducularia sicula, the protoconch protrudes.[3]
These snails live on and feed on certain corals.
Species
Species within the genus Pedicularia include:[2]
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Pedicularia californica (Newcomb, 1864) - California pedicularia
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Pedicularia dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)
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Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897
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Pedicularia decussata (Gould, 1855) - hatched pedicularia
- † Pedicularia deshayesiana G. Seguenza, 1865
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Pedicularia elegantissima Deshayes, 1863
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Pedicularia granulata Neubert, 1998
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Pedicularia japonica Dall, 1871
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Pedicularia morrisoni Lorenz, 2013
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Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865
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Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840
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Pedicularia splendida Lorenz, 2009
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Pedicularia stylasteris Hedley, 1903
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Pedicularia subtilis Schilder, 1931
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Pedicularia vanderlandi Goud & Hoeksema, 2001
- Species brought into synonymy
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Pedicularia albida Dall, 1881: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855
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Pedicularia bonfigliolii Cossignani, 2006: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855
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Pedicularia deshayesiana Seguenza, 1865: synonym of Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840
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Pedicularia ovuliformis Berry, 1946: synonym of Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864
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Pedicularia tibia Simone, 2005: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855
References
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^ Swainson, William John (1840). "Chap. VIII: The Phytophagous Gastropods Concluded: The Haliotidae, or Ear-Shells, and the Naticidae, or Nerits.". Treatise on Malacology; or, the natural classification of shells and shell fish. pp. 242, 244, 357.
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^ a b c Pedicularia Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
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^ (in French) Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). "Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondants d’Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l’Éocène inférieur de Gan, France)". Geodiversitas 24(2): 329-347.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
