Biology:Cornisepta rostrata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cornisepta rostrata
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cornisepta
Species:
C. rostrata
Binomial name
Cornisepta rostrata
(Seguenza, 1862)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurisepta rostrata Seguenza, 1862
  • Fissurisepta rostrata var. elata Seguenza, 1862
  • Puncturella (Fissurella) rostrata Watson, 1886

Cornisepta rostrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

The height of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea at depths between 100 m and 2000 m.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cornisepta rostrata (Seguenza, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2013.
  • McLean J.H. & Geiger D.L. (1998). New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic-level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 475: 1–32

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5171797 entry