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Amblychilepas compressa
Shell of Amblychilepas compressa (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Amblychilepas
Species:	A. compressa
Binomial name
Amblychilepas compressa (Thiele, 1930)
Synonyms
Fissurella (Sophismalepas) compressa Thiele, 1930 (original combination)

Amblychilepas compressa, commonly known as the rayed keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8.7 mm and14.5 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia, living in sand in open but sheltered waters in the subtidal zone from low water to depths of about 20 m.

References

1. Amblychilepas compressa (Thiele, 1930). 13 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

• Thiele, J. (1930). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 5 (8). Gastropoda und Bivalvia. Jena: Gustav Fischer. p. 563.
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. (Sophismalepas)

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