Fissurellidea

Fissurellidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurellidea
d'Orbigny, 1841
Type species
Fissurellidea megatrema d'Orbigny, 1839
Synonyms[1]

Megatebennus Pilsbry, 1890

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

Species

Species within the genus Fissurellidea include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Fissurellidea annulus Odhner, 1932: synonym of Pupillaea annulus (Odhner, 1932)
  • Fissurellidea aperta (Sowerby I, 1825): synonym of Pupillaea aperta (Sowerby I, 1825)

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


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