Montfortia subemarginata

Montfortia subemarginata
A shell of Montfortia subemarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Montfortia
Species: M. subemarginata
Binomial name
Montfortia subemarginata
(Blainville, 1819)
Synonyms[1]
  • Emarginula australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Emarginula subemarginata Blainville, 1819
  • Hemitoma (Montfortia) australis Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1834

Montfortia subemarginata, common name the emarginate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Victoria, Australia and off Tasmania.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia subemarginata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585823 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 Montfortia subemarginata
WoRMS 585823
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