Medusafissurella chemnitzii

Medusafissurella chemnitzii
Shell of Medusafissurella chemnitzii (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Medusafissurella
Species:	M. chemnitzii
Binomial name
Medusafissurella chemnitzii (Sowerby, 1835)
Synonyms
Fissurella chemnitziiG. B. Sowerby I, 1835 (original combination)

Medusafissurella chemnitzii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The length of the shell attains 24.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Angola.

References

1. Gofas, S. (2012). Medusafissurella chemnitzii (Sowerby, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536035 on 2012-12-31
2. McLean J.H. & Kilburn R.N. 1986. Propodial elaboration in Southern African and Indian Ocean Fissurellidae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 379: 1-12.

External links

• Sowerby, G. B., I. (1835). [Characters of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1834: 123–128.]
• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species