Monodilepas is a species of small sea snail, a keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
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| Black-and-white photo of apical view of the holotype of Monodilepas otagoensis. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Diodorinae |
| Genus: | Monodilepas Finlay, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Lucapina monilifera Hutton, F.W., 1873
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Monodilepas include:
- Monodilepas diemenensis Finlay, 1930
- Monodilepas monilifera Finlay, 1873
- subspecies Monodilepas monilifera carnleyensis Powell, 1955
- subspecies Monodilepas monilifera cookiana Dell, 1953
- Monodilepas otagoensis Finlay, 1930
- Monodilepas skinneri Finlay, 1928
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Monodilepas Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565203 on 2011-03-18
- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1