Melongena patula

Melongena patula
Melongena patula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Melongena
Species: M. patula
Binomial name
Melongena patula
(Philippi, 1844)

Melongena patula is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk inthe family Melongenidae. This species is found in shallow water from the Gulf of California (Mexico) to Peru.[1]

References

  1. ^ A. Myra Keen (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America (2nd ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804707367. 

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