Fossarus lamellosus

Fossarus lamellosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Planaxidae
Genus:	Fossarus
Species:	F. lamellosus
Binomial name
	Fossarus lamellosus; (Montrouzier, 1861)
Synonyms
	Littorina lamellosaMontrouzier, 1861

Last updated October 10, 2025

Fossarus lamellosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll.

References

↑ Fossarus lamellosus Mountrouzier . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 July 2012.

Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173–213

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[WoRMS-1] Fossarus lamellosus Mountrouzier . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 July 2012.

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