Pupillaea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Pupillaea | |
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Pupillaea aperta shell | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
Genus: | Pupillaea Gray in Sowerby, 1835 |
Type species | |
Fissurella aperta Sowerby, 1825
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Pupillaea include:
- Pupillaea annulus (Odhner, 1932)
- Pupillaea aperta (Sowerby, 1825)[2]
References
edit- ^ Pupillaea Gray in Sowerby, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/19/10.
- ^ Pupillaea aperta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.