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Struthiolaria papulosa
Struthiolaria papulosa (ostrich foot).JPG
A dorsal view of a shell of Struthiolaria papulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Stromboidea
Family:
Struthiolariidae
Genus:
Struthiolaria
Species:
S. papulosa
Binomial name
Struthiolaria papulosa
(Martyn, 1784)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum papulosum Martyn, 1784 (basionym)
  • Struthiolaria nodulosa Lamarck, 1816
Struthiolaria papulosa (ostrich foot) base
Apertural view of the same shell

Struthiolaria papulosa, common name the "ostrich foot snail" or "ostrich foot shell", is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae.

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