Vacerrena | |
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Shell of Vacerrena nana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
Genus: | Vacerrena Iredale, 1958 |
Type species | |
Puncturella demissa Hedley, 1904 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Vacerrena is a small genus of sea snails in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1]
Species within the genus Vacerrena include: [1]
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