Cornisepta acuminata

Cornisepta acuminata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Cornisepta
Species:	C. acuminata
Binomial name
	Cornisepta acuminata; (Watson, 1883)
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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