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Medusafissurella dubia

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Medusafissurella dubia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, better known as the keyhole limpets.[1]

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Medusafissurella dubia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Medusafissurella
Species:
M. dubia
Binomial name
Medusafissurella dubia
(Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amblychilepas dubia (Reeve, 1849)
  • Fissurella dubia Reeve, 1849
  • Fissuridea genevievae Dautzenberg, Ph., 192
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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.

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