Montfortia emarginata

Montfortia emarginata
Montfortia emarginata shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Fissurelloidea
Family:Fissurellidae
Genus:Montfortia
Species: M. emarginata
Binomial name
Montfortia emarginata
(Blainville, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemitoma emarginata (Blainville, 1825)
  • Hemitoma (Montfortia) emarginata (Blainville, 1825)

Montfortia emarginata, common name the emarginate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Description

The adult size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Aruba
  • Belize
  • Bonaire
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Cayman Islands
  • Colombia
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Jamaica
  • Lesser Antilles
  • Mexico
  • Puerto Rico
  • San Andres

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia emarginata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585820 on 2012-12-31
  2. ↑ McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
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