Cranopsis antillana
Cranopsis antillana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Cranopsis |
Species: | C. antillana |
Binomial name | |
Cranopsis antillana (Pérez Farfante, 1947) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Cranopsis antillana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]
Description
The size of the shell reaches 15 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Cuba, the Virgin Islands, St Thomas, Martinique and Brazil; on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
References
- ↑ Pérez Farfante, I. 1947. The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2: 93-148
- ↑ Cranopsis antillana (Pérez Farfante, 1947). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2013.
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