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Montfortia emarginata (Blainville 1825)

Montfortia emarginata

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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]

Description

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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.

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Montfortia emarginata: Brief Summary

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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.

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