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Medusafissurella chemnitzii (G. B. Sowerby I 1835)

Medusafissurella chemnitzii

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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.

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Medusafissurella chemnitzii: Brief Summary

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Medusafissurella chemnitzii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

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