Amblychilepas platyactis

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Amblychilepas platyactis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Amblychilepas
Species:
A. platyactis
Binomial name
Amblychilepas platyactis
McLean & Kilburn, 1986

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

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Description

The size of this species varies between 11 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off West Cape to East London, South Africa

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<i>Dendrofissurella scutellum</i> Species of mollusc

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<i>Zeidora nesta</i> Species of gastropod

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