Cornisepta rostrata

Cornisepta rostrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Cornisepta
Species:	C. rostrata
Binomial name
Cornisepta rostrata (Seguenza, 1862)
Synonyms [1]
Fissurisepta rostrata Seguenza, 1862 Fissurisepta rostrata var. elata Seguenza, 1862 Puncturella (Fissurella) rostrataWatson, 1886

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

Description

The height of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea at depths between 100 m and 2000 m.

References

1. Cornisepta rostrata (Seguenza, 1864) . 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

• Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
• "Cornisepta rostrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.