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American pelican's foot

Arrhoges occidentalis

Classification

Arrhoges occidentalis, common name the American pelicanfoot, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae, the pelican's foot snails or pelican's foot shells. Morton (1956) considers Arrhoges occidentalis as the most primitive member of the family Aporrhaidae. Distribution This species is distributed infralittoral, circalittoral and bathyal in the North West Atlantic Ocean and along the North American coast from Labrador and Massachusetts to off North Carolina.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 199United States of America · 5