Montfortula brevirimata 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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| Shell of Montfortula brevirimata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemitominae |
| Genus: | Montfortula |
| Species: | M. brevirimata
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| Binomial name | |
| Montfortula brevirimata (Deshayes, 1862)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Réunion.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortula brevirimata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585817 on 2012-12-31
- ^ McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
External links
edit- Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris.
- World Register of Marine Species