Onoba semicostata (Montagu, 1803)
(a marine snail)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOnoba semicostata (a marine snail)
GenusOnoba (a genus of molluscs)
FamilyRISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails)
SuperfamilyRISSOOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderLITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
SubclassCAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Onoba semicostata (a marine snail) :
1: Onoba semicostata (a marine snail)
2 Mar 2010 OSGR: SY97 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on underside of small boulder on seashore
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Onoba semicostata (a marine snail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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