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Emarginula nigromaculata

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Emarginula nigromaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Emarginula
Species:
E. nigromaculata
Binomial name
Emarginula nigromaculata
(Thiele, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Emarginula nigromaculata Thiele, 1915[1]: 106 
  • Emarginula fnigromaculata Thiele, 1930(misspelt)[2][3]

Emarginula nigromaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[4][2][3]

Originally a member of the Order Archaeogastropoda, [2][3] the species now belongs to Order Lepetellida.[4]

Distribution

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This species is seen at Guishan Island of Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan[2][5][3] and Enewetak Atoll of Marshall Islands in West Pacific Ocean.[1]: 106,135  The length of the shell is around 10 mm.[1]: 106,135 

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kay, E. Alison; Johnson, Scott (1987). "Chapter 14 Mollusca of Enewetak Atoll". In Devaney, Dennis M. (ed.). The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll. Vol. 2. pp. 105–146. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.4120. ISBN 0870795813.
  2. ^ a b c d "Emarginula fnigromaculata". The Taiwan Malacofauna Database. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  3. ^ a b c d "Emarginula fnigromaculata Thiele, 1930". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  4. ^ a b "Emarginula nigromaculata". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  5. ^ Wu, Wen-Lung; Lee, Yen-Chen (2005). 作伙去撿螺仔-台灣常見貝類彩色圖誌 [The Taiwan Common Mollusks In Color] (in Traditional Chinese). 農委會林務局. pp. 294 pp.
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