Amblychilepas compressa | |
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Shell of Amblychilepas compressa (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Amblychilepas |
Species: | A. compressa |
Binomial name | |
Amblychilepas compressa (Thiele, 1930) | |
Synonyms | |
Fissurella (Sophismalepas) compressaThiele, 1930 (original combination) Contents |
Amblychilepas compressa, commonly known as the rayed keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 8.7 mm and 14.5 mm.
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This marine species occurs off Western Australia, living in sand in open but sheltered waters in the subtidal zone from low water to depths of about 20 m.
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