Medusafissurella melvilli

Medusafissurella melvilli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Medusafissurella
Species: M. melvilli
Binomial name
Medusafissurella melvilli
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1882
  • Medusafissurella gallagheri Smythe, 1988

Medusafissurella melvilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Medusafissurella melvilli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701776 on 2012-12-31
  2. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.

External links

External identifiers for Medusafissurella melvilli
WoRMS 701776


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