Cosmetalepas

Cosmetalepas
Cosmetalepas africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cosmetalepas
Iredale, 1924
Type species
Fissurella concatenata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864

Cosmetalepas, common name the pitted keyhole limpets, is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590893 on 2012-06-08
  2. Zipcodezoo : Cosmetalepas
  3. 1 2 Discover Life : Cosmetalepas
  4. G. T. Poppe, S. P. Tagaro & J. C. Sarino (2011). "Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia". Visaya 3 (4): 71–75.


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