Cosmetalepas, common name the pitted keyhole limpets, is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
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| Shell of Cosmetalepas massieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Fissurella concatenata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864
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Species
edit- Cosmetalepas africana Tomlin, 1926 [2]
- Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864) [3]
- Cosmetalepas massieri Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2011 [4]
- Cosmetalepas scutellum (Gmelin) [3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cosmetalepas africanus [sic] : synonym of Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)
- Cosmetalepas concatenatus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590893 on 2012-06-08
- ^ Zipcodezoo : Cosmetalepas
- ^ a b Discover Life : Cosmetalepas
- ^ G. T. Poppe, S. P. Tagaro & J. C. Sarino (2011). "Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia". Visaya. 3 (4): 71–75.