Pupillaea aperta

Pupillaea aperta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginullinae
Tribe: Fissurellideini
Genus: Pupillaea
Species: P. aperta
Binomial name
Pupillaea aperta
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella aperta G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
  • Fissurellidea aperta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)

Pupillaea aperta, common name the mantled keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Namibia to North Transkei, South Africa.

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