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Fissurellidea megatrema

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Species of gastropod

Fissurellidea megatrema
Shell of Fissurellidea megatrema (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurellidea
Species: F. megatrema
Binomial name
Fissurellidea megatrema
d'Orbigny, 1839
Synonyms
  • 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.

Description

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

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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. ^ 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.
  • Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7: xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls.

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Taxon identifiers
Fissurellidea megatrema


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