Montfortula rugosa
| Montfortula rugosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Montfortula |
| Species: | M. rugosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Montfortula rugosa (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) | |
| Synonyms | |
Montfortula rugosa, common name the cap-shaped false limpet, is a species of keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae. [1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution
iThis marine species s found off Australia (from West Australia to South Queensland), Tasmania and New Zealand.
External links
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585815 on 2013-01-19
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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