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SEA SNAIL [2 records]

Record 1 2022-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
DEF

Any of several elongate, smooth-skinned fishes of the family Liparididae, inhabiting cold seas, having the ventral fins modified to form a sucking disk.

Key term(s)
  • snail fish

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
DEF

Petit poisson téléostéen marin littoral, prédateur, à peau nue et visqueuse, à ventouse de fixation ventrale, à larges pectorales [...]

OBS

Poisson de la famille des Liparidae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
OBS

Pez de la familia Liparidae.

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Record 2 1987-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
OBS

(gen. natica)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
OBS

BT-22

Spanish

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