Amblychilepas nigrita

Amblychilepas nigrita, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Amblychilepas nigrita
Amblychilepas nigrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Genus:
Amblychilepas
Species:
A. nigrita
Binomial name
Amblychilepas nigrita
(Sowerby, 1834) [1]
Synonyms
  • Amblychilepas pritchardi Hedley, C., 1895
  • Fissurella nigrita Sowerby, 1834 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Queensland, West Australia and off Tasmania in shallow water under stones.

Basal view

References
  1. Sowerby, 1834, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 127
  2. Amblychilepas nigrita (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2013.
  • Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, vol. 27, 1966, p.207
  • "Amblychilepas nigrita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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