Montfortia subemarginata | |
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A shell of Montfortia subemarginata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
Genus: | Montfortia |
Species: | M. subemarginata
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Binomial name | |
Montfortia subemarginata (
Blainville, 1819)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Montfortia subemarginata, common name the emarginate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1] [2]
The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 40 mm.
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This marine species occurs off Victoria, Australia and off Tasmania.