Pedicularia

Pedicularia is a genus of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, cowry-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae, the cowry allies.
In Peducularia sicula, the protoconch protrudes.
These snails live on and feed on certain corals.

Species

Species within the genus Pedicularia include:Pedicularia californica - California pediculariaPedicularia dautzenbergi Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897Pedicularia decussata - hatched pedicularia

† Pedicularia deshayesiana G. Seguenza, 1865 Pedicularia elegantissima Deshayes, 1863Pedicularia granulata Neubert, 1998Pedicularia japonica Dall, 1871Pedicularia morrisoni Lorenz, 2013Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840Pedicularia splendida Lorenz, 2009Pedicularia stylasteris Hedley, 1903 Pedicularia subtilis Schilder, 1931Pedicularia vanderlandi Goud & Hoeksema, 2001

;Species brought into synonymy:Pedicularia albida Dall, 1881: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855Pedicularia bonfigliolii Cossignani, 2006: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855Pedicularia deshayesiana Seguenza, 1865: synonym of Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840Pedicularia ovuliformis Berry, 1946: synonym of Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864Pedicularia tibia Simone, 2005: synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855