Amblychilepas nigrita
| Amblychilepas nigrita | |
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| Amblychilepas nigrita | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Amblychilepas |
| Species: | A. nigrita |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblychilepas nigrita (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) [1] | |
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Amblychilepas nigrita, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Southern Queensland, West Australia and off Tasmania in shallow water under stones.
Basal view
References
- ↑ Sowerby, 1834, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 127
- ↑ Amblychilepas nigrita (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2013.
External links
- Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, vol. 27, 1966, p.207
- Gastropods.com: Amblychilepas nigrita
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