Clivipollia fragaria

Clivipollia fragaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Prodotiidae
Genus:	Clivipollia
Species:	C. fragaria
Binomial name
	Clivipollia fragaria; (W. Wood, 1828)
Synonyms
	Cantharus fragaria (W. Wood, 1828); Engina carolinae (Kiener, 1840); Engina fragaria (W. Wood, 1828); Peristernia carolinae (Kiener, 1840) superseded combination; Peristernia fragaria (W. Wood, 1828); Pollia fragaria (W. Wood, 1828); Ricinula bella Reeve, 1846; Turbinella carolinae Kiener, 1840; Voluta fragaria W. Wood, 1828 (original combination);

Clivipollia fragaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prodotiidae^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.6 mm.

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and Mozambique; also off the Philippines, the Maldives and Micronesia.

^ ^a ^b Rosenberg, G. (2014). Clivipollia fragaria (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493991 on 2015-02-16

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