Cranopsis expansa
| Cranopsis expansa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Cranopsis |
| Species: | C. expansa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cranopsis expansa (Dall, 1896) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cranopsis expansa, common name the broad puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico to Panama; off the Galápagos Islands
References
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cranopsis expansa (Dall, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594467 on 2012-12-31
- Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
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