Cranopsis multistriata

Cranopsis multistriata or the many-ribbed puncturella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Cranopsis multistriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cranopsis
Species:
C. multistriata
Binomial name
Cranopsis multistriata
(Dall, 1914)
Synonyms

Puncturella multistriata Dall, 1914

Description

The size of the shell reaches 35 mm (1.4 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Aleutians to California, USA.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cranopsis multistriata (Dall, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527879 on December 31, 2012
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To ITIS
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Puncturella multistriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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