Montfortia emarginata
Montfortia emarginata | |
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Montfortia emarginata shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Montfortia |
Species: | M. emarginata |
Binomial name | |
Montfortia emarginata (Blainville, 1825) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Montfortia emarginata, common name the emarginate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
The adult size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Aruba
- Belize
- Bonaire
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Gulf of Mexico
- Jamaica
- Lesser Antilles
- Mexico
- Puerto Rico
- San Andres
References
- 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia emarginata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585820 on 2012-12-31
- ↑ McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
External links
External identifiers for Montfortia emarginata | |
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WoRMS | 585820 |
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