| Hemitoma | |
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| A shell of a Hemitoma species from New Zealand, anterior end to the bottom | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Hemitoma Swainson, 1840 |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Subemarginula Gray, 1847 |
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Hemitoma is a genus of slit limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
In this genus of fissurellid, there is an inconspicuous notch at the anterior end of the shell rather than a slit. The notch is best seen in an interior view of the shell.
Species within the genus Hemitoma include:[1]
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species names have been accepted [2]
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use [3]