Biology:Emarginula rosea

Short description: Species of gastropod

Emarginula rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Emarginulinae
Genus:	Emarginula
Species:	E. rosea
Binomial name
Emarginula rosea Bell , 1824
Synonyms
Emarginula capuliformis Philippi, 1836 Emarginula costae Tiberi, 1855 Emarginula pileolus Michaud, 1829 Emarginula richardi Fenaux, 1942 † Emarginula rostrata Millet, 1865

Emarginula rosea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Description

The size of the shell attains 4.5 mm.

Distribution

TYhis marine species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic, from the British Isles to Morocco, nearshore to ca. 200 m; in the Mediterranean, mostly 50–200 m.

References

• Bell T. 1824. Description of a new species of Emarginula. Zoological Journal 1(1): 52, pl. 4 fig,. 1-2
• Fenaux A. (1942). Mollusques nouveaux du littoral occidental de la Méditerranée. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique 825-826-827: 2-3
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

External links

• Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. I-XIV, 1-303, Tab. XIII-XXVIII. Schropp, Berlin
• Tiberi N. (1855). Descrizione di alcuni testacei viventi viventi nel Mediterraneo. Lettere di Nicola Tiberi. Napoli: Gaetano Noblie pp. 16
• Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1829). Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coquilles vivantes. Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 3: 260-276

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