Montfortia subemarginata
| Montfortia subemarginata | |
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| A shell of Montfortia subemarginata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Montfortia |
| Species: | M. subemarginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Montfortia subemarginata (Blainville, 1819) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Montfortia subemarginata, common name the emarginate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Victoria, Australia and off Tasmania.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia subemarginata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585823 on 2012-12-31
- ↑ McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
External links
| External identifiers for Montfortia subemarginata | |
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| WoRMS | 585823 |
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