Cosmetalepas
| Cosmetalepas | |
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| Cosmetalepas africana | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Genus: | Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924
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| Fissurella concatenata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 | |
Cosmetalepas, common name the pitted keyhole limpets, is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
Species
- Cosmetalepas africana Tomlin, 1926 [2]
- Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864) [3]
- Cosmetalepas massieri Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2011 [4]
- Cosmetalepas scutellum (Gmelin) [3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cosmetalepas africanus [sic] : synonym of Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)
- Cosmetalepas concatenatus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590893 on 2012-06-08
- ^ Zipcodezoo : Cosmetalepas
- ^ a b Discover Life : Cosmetalepas
- ^ G. T. Poppe, S. P. Tagaro & J. C. Sarino (2011). "Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia". Visaya. 3 (4): 71–75.