Macroschisma, common name the narrow slot limpets, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
| Macroschisma | |
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| Macroschisma tasmaniae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Macroschisma Gray, 1835 |
| Type species | |
| Patella macroschisma Lightfoot, 1786
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Macroschisma include:[1]
- Macroschisma africanum Tomlin, 1932
- Macroschisma angustatum A. Adams, 1851
- Macroschisma bakiei Adams in Sowerby, 1862
- Macroschisma compressum Adams, 1850
- Macroschisma cuspidatum Adams, 1851
- Macroschisma dilatatum Adams, 1851
- Macroschisma elegans Preston, 1908
- Macroschisma hiatula Swainson, 1840
- Macroschisma madreporaria Hedley, 1907
- Macroschisma maximum Adams, 1851
- Macroschisma megatrema Adams, 1851
- Macroschisma munitum (Iredale, 1940)
- Macroschisma productum Adams, 1850
- Macroschisma rubrum Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
- Macroschisma scutiformis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
- Macroschisma sinense Adams, 1855
- Macroschisma tasmaniae (Sowerby, 1862)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Macroschisma africana (sic): synonym of Macroschisma africanum Tomlin, 1932
- Macroschisma canalifera (Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869): synonym of Lucapinella canalifera (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
- Macroschisma compressa (sic): synonym of Macroschisma compressum Adams, 1850
- Macroschisma cuspidata (sic): synonym of Macroschisma cuspidatum Adams, 1851
- Macroschisma dilatata (sic): synonym of Macroschisma dilatatum Adams, 1851
- Macroschisma magathura (sic): synonym of Macroschisma megatrema Adams, 1851
- Macroschisma maxima [sic] : synonym of Macroschisma maximum Adams, 1851
- Macroschisma munita (sic): synonym of Macroschisma munitum (Iredale, 1940)
- Macroschisma producta (sic): synonym of Macroschisma productum Adams, 1850
- Macroschisma sinensis [sic] : synonym of Macroschisma sinense Adams, 1855
References
edit- ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2012). Macroschisma Gray, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205990 on 2012-12-31
- ^ Nomenclator Zoologicus
- Cotton, B. C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. W.L. Hawes, Adelaide.. 449 pp., 1 pl.
- Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962]. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0
- Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne University Press and National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne. xv, 475
- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
External links
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- Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98
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