Cornisepta acuminata

Cornisepta acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Cornisepta
Species:	C. acuminata
Binomial name
*Cornisepta acuminata* (Watson, 1883) ^[1]
Synonyms
Fissurisepta acuminata (Watson, 1883) Fissurisepta triangulata (Dall, 1889) Puncturella (Fissurisepta) acuminata Watson, 1883 (original combination) Puncturella rostrata auct. non Seguenza, 1863 Puncturella (Fissurisepta) triangulata Dall, 1889

Cornisepta acuminata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[2]

Description

The height of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Southeast USA to Central Brazil; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

↑ Watson, R. B. 1883. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XVI. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 17: 26-40.
↑ Cornisepta acuminata (Watson, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2013.

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40.

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