Montfortia subemarginata

Montfortia subemarginata
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]
  • Emarginula australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Emarginula subemarginata Blainville, 1819
  • Hemitoma (Montfortia) australis Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1834

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. 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
  2. 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
WoRMS 585823
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