Cranopsis antillana

Cranopsis antillana
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
  • Puncturella asturiana auct. non Fischer, 1882
  • Puncturella antillana Pérez Farfante, 1947

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

  1. ↑ Pérez Farfante, I. 1947. The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2: 93-148
  2. ↑ Cranopsis antillana (Pérez Farfante, 1947).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2013.


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