Biology:Cranopsis billsae

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Cranopsis billsae
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C. billsae
Binomial name
Cranopsis billsae
(Pérez Farfante, 1947) [1]
Synonyms

Puncturella (Cranopsis) billsae Pérez Farfante, 1947 (original combination)

Cranopsis billsae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Description

The size of the shell reaches 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea (off Cuba) and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil

References

  1. Pérez Farfante, I. 1947. The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2: 93–148.
  2. Cranopsis billsae (Pérez Farfante, 1947). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2013.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3171015 entry