Biology:Macroschisma productum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Macroschisma productum
Macroschisma producta 001.jpg
Top view of a shell of Macroschisma productum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Macroschisma
Species:
M. productum
Binomial name
Macroschisma productum
Adams, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Macrochisma producta Adams, 1851 (basionym)
  • Macroschisma producta [sic] (incorrect gender ending)

Macroschisma productum, common name the elongated keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 22 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Madagascar
  • New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia and Tasmania.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rosenberg, G. (2014). Macroschisma productum A. Adams, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732499 on 2015-02-15
  2. Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6725632 entry