Macroschisma productum, common name the elongated keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
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| Top view of a shell of Macroschisma productum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Macroschisma |
| Species: | M. productum
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| Binomial name | |
| Macroschisma productum Adams, 1850
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 22 mm and 40 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Rosenberg, G. (2014). Macroschisma productum A. Adams, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732499 on 2015-02-15
- ^ Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
External links
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- "Macroschisma producta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.