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Montfortia emarginata

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Species of gastropod

Montfortia emarginata
Montfortia emarginata shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Montfortia
Species: M. emarginata
Binomial name
Montfortia emarginata
(Blainville, 1825)
Synonyms

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.

Description

The adult size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Montfortia emarginata


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