| Julia exquisita | |
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| Julia exquisita | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Juliidae |
| Genus: | Julia |
| Species: | J. exquisita
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| Julia exquisita | |
Julia exquisita is a small species of sea snail in the family Juliidae.[2]
This species can be found in shallow tropical habitats throughout the Pacific, and are known for their feeding of algae, in which photosynthetic cells are taken up and incorporated into the snails' body tissues for energy storage.
- ^ Gould A. A. (1862). "Descriptions of new genera and species of shells". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 280–285.
- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Julia exquisita A. Gould, 1862". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 August 2024.