Biology:Amblychilepas nigrita

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Amblychilepas nigrita
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Amblychilepas
Species:
A. nigrita
Binomial name
Amblychilepas nigrita
(Sowerby, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblychilepas pritchardi Hedley, C., 1895
  • Fissurella nigrita Sowerby, 1834 (original combination)

Amblychilepas nigrita, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off southern Queensland, Western Australia and off Tasmania in shallow water under stones.

Basal view

References

  1. Sowerby, 1834, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 127
  2. Amblychilepas nigrita (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2013.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4741558 entry