Montfortista panhi
Appearance
Montfortista panhi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
Genus: | Montfortista |
Species: | M. panhi
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Binomial name | |
Montfortista panhi | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Montfortista panhi, common name the cancellate false limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 18 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Red Sea
- Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortista panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585827 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
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Hemitoma (Montfortista) panhi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.