Montfortia subemarginata
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| Montfortia subemarginata | |
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| A shell of Montfortia subemarginata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Montfortia |
| Species: | M. subemarginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Montfortia subemarginata (Blainville, 1819)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Montfortia subemarginata, common name the emarginate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 40 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Victoria, Australia and off Tasmania.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia subemarginata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585823 on 2012-12-31
- ^ 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.
External links
- Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 (1832); 2(2): 321-686 (1833); 3(1): 1-366 (1834); 3(2): 367-954 (1835); Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 (1833). Paris: Tastu
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Hemitoma (Montfortia) subemarginata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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