Macrochisma

Macrochisma
Macrochisma tasmaniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Macrochisma
Gray, 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Macroschisma Agassiz, 1846
  • Forolepas Iredale, 1940
  • Dolichoschisma Iredale, 1940

Macrochisma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Macrochisma include:

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use [7]

References

  1. ^ a b Macrochisma Gray, 1840.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205990 on 04/19/10.
  2. ^ Macrochisma africana Tomlin, 1926.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215800 on 19 April 2010.
  3. ^ Macrochisma compressa A. Adams, 1850.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215801 on 19 April 2010.
  4. ^ Macrochisma magathura A. Adams 1850.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215803 on 19 April 2010.
  5. ^ Macrochisma producta A. Adams, 1850.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367635 on 19 April 2010.
  6. ^ Macrochisma sinensis A. Adams, 1855.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215802 on 19 April 2010.
  7. ^ OBIS : Macroschisma