Biology:Emarginula

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Emarginula is a genus of small keyhole limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae.[1]

Description

The oval shell is obliquely conical with a backward-pointing recurved apex. There is a deep incision in the anterior margin. A distinct anal fasciole extends upwards from this incision. The surface is latticed, sculptured with radial ribs. There is no septum inside.[2]

Radula

The radula has a dental formula of [many].1.4.1.4.1.[many],[3] with a wide, rectangular, acuspate rachidian tooth.[4] The various genera have a few dozen rows of teeth.[3]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), species within the genus Emarginula include:[1]

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Emarginula Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138012 on 2013-01-13
  2. Tryon, George W. Jr. (1879–1898). Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. pp. 248. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Torr, Claude M. (1914). "Radulæ of some South Australian Gasteropoda". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 362–368. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113401#page/374/mode/1up. 
  4. Keen, A. Myra (1971-06-01). Sea shells of tropical west America: marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ISBN 978-0-8047-0736-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=Xj-2-KxUCcYC&pg=PA310. 
  5. "Emarginula striatula" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_2634.shtml. 
  • "Emarginula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69598. 
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Piani P. (1985). Revisione del genere Emarginula Lamarck, 1801 in Mediterraneo. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21: 193-238
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp


Wikidata ☰ Q3176224 entry