Pedicularia californica
Pedicularia californica (Newcomb, 1864) – Pediculariidae – Mollusc shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Pedicularia
Species:	P. californica
Binomial name
Pedicularia californica (Newcomb, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
Pedicularia ovuliformis Berry, 1946

Pedicularia californica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.^[1]

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In deeper water, California coast and Channel islands.

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