Persicula
Sign in to savePersicula is a taxonomic genus of minute to small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. It includes several species which are micromollusks.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyCystiscidae
Habitatmarine
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Persicula is a taxonomic genus of minute to small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. It includes several species which are micromollusks.
This genus is placed in the family Cystiscidae. It was previously in the family Marginellidae the margin snails. Both families are within the order Neogastropoda.
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Carl Linnaeus
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genus
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Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
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taxonomy
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Gastropoda
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predation
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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