Octomarginula
| Octomarginula | |
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| Shell of Octomarginula scutellata (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Octomarginula McLean, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Emarginula ostheimerae Abbott, 1958 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
Octomarginula is a genus of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Octomarginula include:
- Octomarginula arabica (Adams, 1852)
- Octomarginula natlandi (Durham, 1950)
- Octomarginula nodulosa (A. Adams, 1852)
- Octomarginula ostheimerae (Abbott, 1958)
- Octomarginula sculptilis (A. Adams, 1852)
- Octomarginula scutellata (Deshayes, 1863)
References
[edit]- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Octomarginula McLean, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585743 on 2012-10-22
- 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. page(s): 413