Buchanania (gastropod)

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Buchanania
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Buchanania
Lesson, 1831
Type species
Buchanania onchidioides
Lesson, 1831

Buchanania is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1] [2]

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Species

Species within the genus Buchanania (gastropod) include: [1]

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<i>Sigapatella</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Collisella</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Nacella</i> Genus of gastropods

Nacella is a southern, cold-water genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nacellidae, the true limpets.

<i>Crepipatella</i> Genus of gastropods

Crepipatella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.

<i>Tugali</i> Genus of gastropods

Tugali is a genus of small sea snails or limpets, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

<i>Patelloida saccharina</i> Species of mollusc

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<i>Scurria zebrina</i> Species of gastropod

Scurria zebrina is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.

<i>Scurria</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Fissurella radiosa</i> Species of gastropod

Fissurella radiosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

<i>Plesiothyreus cytherae</i> Species of gastropod

Plesiothyreus cytherae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae.

<i>Plesiothyreus</i> Genus of gastropods

Plesiothyreus is a genus of very small sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Phenacolepadinae of the family Phenacolepadidae.

<i>Calyptraea</i> Genus of gastropods

Calyptraea, commonly known as the Chinese hat snails is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, a family which contains the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.

Emarginulinae Subfamily of limpet-like sea snails

The subfamily Emarginulinae, common name keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic subfamily of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

<i>Fissurella costata</i> Species of gastropod

Fissurella costata, common name : the costate keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

<i>Variemarginula</i> Genus of gastropods

Variemarginula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Buchanania onchidioides is a rare species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

<i>Fissurella nigra</i> Species of gastropod

Fissurella nigra, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Buchanania Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446156 on 2012-12-31
  2. McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.