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Buchanania (gastropod)

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Buchanania
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Buchanania
Lesson, 1831
Type species
Buchanania onchidioides
Lesson, 1831

Buchanania is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Species

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Species within the genus Buchanania include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Buchanania Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446156 on 2012-12-31
  2. ^ McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.
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