Biology:Pupillaea

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Pupillaea
Pupillaea aperta 01.JPG
Pupillaea aperta shell
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Pupillaea
Gray in Sowerby, 1835
Type species
Fissurella aperta
Sowerby, 1825

Pupillaea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pupillaea include:

References

  • McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.

Wikidata ☰ Q7260668 entry