Altrix trifolium

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Altrix trifolium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Altrix
Species:
A. trifolium
Binomial name
Altrix trifolium
(Dall, 1881)

Altrix trifolium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1] [2]

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Description

The shell can grow to be 12 mm to 28 mm in length. [3]

Distribution

Altrix trifolium can be found off of Yucatán, Colombia, and Barbados. It lives at a depth of 256 m to 1170 m. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Altrix trifolium (Dall, 1881) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.
  2. McLean, James H.; Geiger, Daniel L. (1998). "New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae)" (PDF). Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 475: 1–32. doi:10.5962/p.208103. S2CID   89786751 . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Altrix trifolium". gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. Felder, Darryl L.; Camp, David K. (29 June 2009). Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume I, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN   978-1-60344-094-3.