Cosmetalepas concatenata

Pitted keyhole limpet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cosmetalepas
Species:
C. concatenata
Binomial name
Cosmetalepas concatenata
(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella concatenata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864

Cosmetalepas concatenata, common name the pitted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales to Abrolhos Islands and off Tasmania.

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590894 on 2012-12-31
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Cosmetalepas concatenatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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