Addisonia excentrica

Addisonia excentrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Family:	Addisoniidae
Genus:	Addisonia
Species:	A. excentrica
Binomial name
	Addisonia excentrica; (Tiberi, 1855)
Synonyms
	Addisonia enodis Simone, 1996; Addisonia lateralis (Requien, 1848); Addisonia paradoxa Dall, 1882;

Addisonia excentrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Addisoniidae.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 20 mm

This species can be found in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

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