''Struthiolaria papulosa'',
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the "ostrich foot snail" or "ostrich foot shell", is a
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of medium-sized
sea snail, a
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gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae.
References
* Rosenberg, G. 1992. ''Encyclopedia of Seashells''. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 66
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
''Struthiolaria papulosa'' on Gastropoda Stromboidea - Ulrich Wieneke and Han Stoutjesdijk
Struthiolariidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1784
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