Octomarginula scutellata

Octomarginula scutellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Octomarginula
Species: O. scutellata
Binomial name
Octomarginula scutellata
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Emarginula scutellata Deshayes, 1863

Octomarginula scutellata 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). Octomarginula scutellata (Deshayes, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585749 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 Octomarginula scutellata
WoRMS 585749


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