Biology:Medusafissurella dubia
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | M. dubia
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Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849)
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Medusafissurella dubia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 16 mm and 36 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 January 2011.
External links
- McLean J.H. & Kilburn R.N. 1986. Propodial elaboration in Southern African and Indian Ocean Fissurellidae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 379: 1–12
- "Medusafissurella dubia" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_28672.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6807364 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusafissurella dubia.
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