Emarginula striatula

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Emarginula striatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Emarginula
Species: E. striatula
Binomial name
Emarginula striatula
Quoy and Gaimard, 1834

Emarginula striatula is a species of keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, including surrounding islands.

[edit] Habitat

This keyhole limpet is found on rocks from shallow water to depths of up to 185 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is variable in size and shape - northern shells tend to be small, narrow and tall, and southern examples are large, broad and low-spired.

Sculpture consists of numerous crisp radial ribs, with weaker intermediates, that are delicately fenestrated by dense sharp concentric threads.

The shell height is up to 13 mm, and length 26 mm.

Coloration varies from white to pale greenish-white.

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