Hemimarginula dentigera
Appearance
Hemimarginula dentigera | |
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Shells of Hemimarginula dentigera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
Genus: | Hemimarginula |
Species: | H. dentigera
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Binomial name | |
Hemimarginula dentigera (Heilprin, 1889)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Hemimarginula dentigera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Aruba
- Bonaire
- Caribbean Sea
- Curaçao
- Gulf of Mexico
- Venezuela
References
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2012). Hemimarginula dentigera. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585727 on 2012-12-31
- ^ McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
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