Montfortula brevirimata

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Montfortula brevirimata
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Shell of Montfortula brevirimata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Hemitominae
Genus: Montfortula
Species:
M. brevirimata
Binomial name
Montfortula brevirimata
(Deshayes, 1862)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clypidina brevirimata(Deshayes, 1863)
  • Emarginula brevirimata Deshayes, 1862

Montfortula brevirimata 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 length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Réunion.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortula brevirimata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585817 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.