Montfortia emarginata

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Montfortia emarginata
Hemitoma emarginata ostheimerae (frilly emarginate emarginula) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (15568466654).jpg
Montfortia emarginata shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Montfortia
Species:
M. emarginata
Binomial name
Montfortia emarginata
(Blainville, 1825)
Synonyms [1]

Montfortia emarginata, common name the emarginate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1] [2]

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Description

The adult size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia emarginata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585820 on 2012-12-31
  2. McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.