Fissurellidea

Fissurellidea
Shell of Fissurellidea megatrema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Fissurellidea d'Orbigny, 1841
Type species
Fissurellidea megatrema d'Orbigny, 1839
Synonyms [1]
Fissurella (Fissurellidea)d'Orbigny, 1839 Fissurellidaea (misspelling of genus) Megatebennus Pilsbry, 1890

Fissurellidea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Diodorinae of the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Fissurellidea include:

• Fissurellidea bimaculata Dall, 1871
• Fissurellidea genevievae Dautzenberg, 1929 ^[2]
• Fissurellidea megatrema d'Orbigny, 1839
• Fissurellidea patagonica (Strebel, 1907)

Species brought into synonymy

• Fissurellidea annulus Odhner, 1932: synonym of Pupillaea annulus (Odhner, 1932)
• Fissurellidea aperta(Sowerby, 1825): synonym of Pupillaea aperta (Sowerby, 1825)
• Fissurellidea genevievaeDautzenberg, 1929: synonym of Medusafissurella dubia (L. Reeve, 1849)
• Fissurellidea incarnata(Krauss, 1848): synonym of Dendrofissurella scutellum hiantula(Lamarck, 1822)
• Fissurellidea multilineataW. H. Turton, 1932: synonym of Dendrofissurella scutellum hiantula(Lamarck, 1822) (junior synonym)
• Fissurellidea nigrostrigataW. H. Turton, 1932: synonym of Dendrofissurella scutellum hiantula(Lamarck, 1822) (junior synonym)
• Fissurellidea sellaG. B. Sowerby II, 1862: synonym of Dendrofissurella scutellum scutellum(Gmelin, 1791)

References

1. Fissurellidea d'Orbigny, 1841 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 15 January 2013.
2. Fissurellidea genevievae Dautzenberg, 1929 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.

• 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

External links

• Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale [... exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [Dates after Coan & Kabat (2015, 2400 Years of Malacology, Appendix 1: 21-23.) Pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1–104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105–184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185–376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377–488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489–758, 1846; pls 78-79, 81-85, 1847 ]