Monodilepas monilifera is a species of small sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
| Monodilepas monilifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Monodilepas |
| Species: | M. monilifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Monodilepas monilifera (Hutton, 1873)
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This species is known only from New Zealand. Shell size 13-35 mm.[2]
- Subspecies are:
- Monodilepas monilifera carnleyensis Powell, 1955
- Monodilepas monilifera cookiana Dell, 1953
- Monodilepas monilifera monilifera (Hutton, 1873)
References
edit- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Monodilepas monilifera (Hutton, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598179 on 2012-08-31
- ^ "Monodilepas monilifera monilifera". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1