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Amblychilepas crucis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Amblychilepas
Species:	A. crucis
Binomial name
Amblychilepas crucis (C. E. Beddome, 1883)
Synonyms
Fissurella crucis (C. E. Beddome, 1883) (original combination) Sophismaleps crucis (Beddome, 1883)

Amblychilepas crucis, 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 7.8 mm and 15.5 mm.

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

1. Amblychilepas crucis (C. E. Beddome, 1883)13 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

• Beddome, C.E. (1883). "Description of some marine shells of Tasmania". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1882: 167–170.
• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109
• Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
• Darragh, T.A. (2024). "A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 40.

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