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 (Newcomb, 1864) - California pedicularia
 * Pedicularia dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)
 * Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897
 * Pedicularia decussata (Gould, 1855) - hatched pedicularia
 * † Pedicularia deshayesiana G. Seguenza, 1865
 * Pedicularia elegantissima Deshayes, 1863
 * Pedicularia granulata Neubert, 1998
 * Pedicularia japonica Dall, 1871
 * Pedicularia morrisoni Lorenz, 2013
 * Pedicularia pacifica Pease, 1865
 * Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840
 * Pedicularia splendida Lorenz, 2009
 * Pedicularia stylasteris Hedley, 1903
 * Pedicularia subtilis Schilder, 1931
 * Pedicularia vanderlandi Goud & Hoeksema, 2001
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Pedicularia albida Dall, 1881 : synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855
 * Pedicularia bonfigliolii Cossignani, 2006 : synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855
 * Pedicularia deshayesiana Seguenza, 1865 : synonym of Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840
 * Pedicularia ovuliformis Berry, 1946 : synonym of Pedicularia californica Newcomb, 1864
 * Pedicularia tibia Simone, 2005 : synonym of Pedicularia decussata Gould, 1855