Fissurellidea megatrema is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2][3]
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| Shell of Fissurellidea megatrema (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurellidea |
| Species: | F. megatrema
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| Fissurellidea megatrema | |
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 32 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
References
edit- ^ d'Orbigny, A. 1839. Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5: pls. 54, 59-66, 68-69. P. Bertrand: Paris
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidea megatrema d'Orbigny, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532850 on 2012-12-31
- ^ McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.
- Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7: xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls.
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- World Register of Marine Species