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Hemimarginula

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Hemimarginula
Shells of Hemimarginula dentigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Hemimarginula
McLean, 2011[1]
Type species
Emarginula dentigera
Heilprin, 1889

Hemimarginula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Hemimarginula include:[2]

References

  • 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. page(s): 412