Emarginula striatula

Emarginula striatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Emarginula
Species: E. striatula
Binomial name
Emarginula striatula
Quoy and Gaimard, 1834

Emarginula striatula is a species of slit limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Distribution

This species is found only in the vicinity of New Zealand and surrounding islands.[1]

Emarginula striatula underside view
Emarginula striatula side view

References

  1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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