Emarginula nigromaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[4][2][3]
| Emarginula nigromaculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
| Genus: | Emarginula |
| Species: | E. nigromaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Emarginula nigromaculata (Thiele, 1930)
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Originally a member of the Order Archaeogastropoda, [2][3] the species now belongs to Order Lepetellida.[4]
Distribution
editThis species is seen at Guishan Island of Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan[2][5][3] and Enewetak Atoll of Marshall Islands in West Pacific Ocean.[1]: 106,135 The length of the shell is around 10 mm.[1]: 106,135
References
edit- ^ a b c Kay, E. Alison; Johnson, Scott (1987). "Chapter 14 Mollusca of Enewetak Atoll". In Devaney, Dennis M. (ed.). The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll. Vol. 2. pp. 105–146. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.4120. ISBN 0870795813.
- ^ a b c d "Emarginula fnigromaculata". The Taiwan Malacofauna Database. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ^ a b c d "Emarginula fnigromaculata Thiele, 1930". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ^ a b "Emarginula nigromaculata". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Wu, Wen-Lung; Lee, Yen-Chen (2005). 作伙去撿螺仔-台灣常見貝類彩色圖誌 [The Taiwan Common Mollusks In Color] (in Traditional Chinese). 農委會林務局. pp. 294 pp.