Medusafissurella dubia

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Medusafissurella dubia
File:Medusafissurella dubia 01.JPG
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Medusafissurella
Species:
M. dubia
Binomial name
Medusafissurella dubia
(Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amblychilepas dubia (Reeve, 1849)
  • Fissurella dubia Reeve, 1849
  • Fissuridea genevievae Dautzenberg, Ph., 192

Medusafissurella dubia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, better known as the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 36 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 January 2011.

External links

  • 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
  • "Medusafissurella dubia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 January 2011.