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Common Pelican's Foot

Aporrhais pespelecani

Classification

Aporrhais pespelecani, common name the "pelican's foot" (or more precisely "common pelican's foot" to distinguish it from congeners), is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae. Until the early 20th century the scientific name was usually written with a hyphen and spelled "pes-pelicani". [1] Etymology and nomenclature The specific name pespelecani is Latin, and means the same thing as the common name: "pelican's foot".

Distribution

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