Biology:Cornisepta acuminata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Cornisepta acuminata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Cornisepta |
| Species: | C. acuminata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cornisepta acuminata (Watson, 1883) [1]
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Cornisepta acuminata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]
Description
The height of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Southeast USA to Central Brazil ; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
References
- ↑ Watson, R. B. 1883. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XVI. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 17: 26–40.
- ↑ Cornisepta acuminata (Watson, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2013.
- Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40.
External links
- "Cornisepta acuminata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_21710.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5171790 entry
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