Medusafissurella dubia
| Medusafissurella dubia | |
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| Medusafissurella dubia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Medusafissurella |
| Species: | M. dubia |
| Binomial name | |
| Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849) | |
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Medusafissurella dubia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 16 mm and 36 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa.
References
- 1 2 Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 January 2011.
External links
- McLean J.H. & Kilburn R.N. 1986. Propodial elaboration in Southern African and Indian Ocean Fissurellidae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 379: 1-12
- Gastropods.com : Medusafissurella dubia; accessed : 31 January 2011
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