Cornisepta rostrata
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | C. rostrata
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| Cornisepta rostrata (Seguenza, 1862)
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Cornisepta rostrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The height of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea at depths between 100 m and 2000 m.
References
- ^ a b Cornisepta rostrata (Seguenza, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2013.
- McLean J.H. & Geiger D.L. (1998). New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic-level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 475: 1–32
External links
- "Cornisepta rostrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.