Amblychilepas nigrita
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Amblychilepas |
Species: | A. nigrita
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Binomial name | |
Amblychilepas nigrita | |
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Amblychilepas nigrita, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off southern Queensland, Western Australia and off Tasmania in shallow water under stones.
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References
[edit]- ^ Sowerby, 1834, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 127
- ^ Amblychilepas nigrita (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, vol. 27, 1966, p. 207
- "Amblychilepas nigrita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.