Fissurellidea megatrema

Fissurellidea megatrema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurellidea
Species: F. megatrema
Binomial name
Fissurellidea megatrema
d'Orbigny, 1839 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Fissurellidea hiantula auct. non Lamarck, 1822
  • Pupillaea aperta tehuelcha Ihering, 1907

Fissurellidea megatrema is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2][3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 32 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina

References

  1. d'Orbigny, A. 1839. Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5: pls. 54, 59-66, 68-69. P. Bertrand: Paris
  2. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidea megatrema d'Orbigny, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532850 on 2012-12-31
  3. McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.
External identifiers for Fissurellidea megatrema
Encyclopedia of Life 4791802
WoRMS 532850


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