Cornisepta levinae

Cornisepta levinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Cornisepta
Species:	C. levinae
Binomial name
Cornisepta levinae McLean & Geiger, 1998 [1]

Cornisepta levinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. ^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the East Pacific Rise, a mid-ocean ridge.

References

1. McLean & Geiger (1998). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 475 : 1–32. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 19 April 2010.
2. Cornisepta levinae McLean & Geiger, 1998 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 January 2013.

• McLean J.H. & Geiger D.L. 1998. New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 475: 1–32

External links

• "Cornisepta levinae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.