Cornisepta rostrata

Cornisepta rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cornisepta
Species: C. rostrata
Binomial name
Cornisepta rostrata
(Seguenza, 1862)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurisepta rostrata Seguenza, 1862
  • Fissurisepta rostrata var. elata Seguenza, 1862
  • Puncturella (Fissurella) rostrata Watson, 1886

Cornisepta rostrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

The height of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea at depths between 100 m and 2000 m.

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