Pupillaea aperta
| Pupillaea aperta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginullinae |
| Tribe: | Fissurellideini |
| Genus: | Pupillaea |
| Species: | P. aperta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pupillaea aperta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pupillaea aperta, common name the mantled keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Namibia to North Transkei, South Africa.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pupillaea aperta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 January 2013.
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 36
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 12
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
External links
- Gastropods.com: Fissurellidea aperta
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg