Cosmetalepas
Genus of gastropods
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Cosmetalepas, common name the pitted keyhole limpets, is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
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| Cosmetalepas | |
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| Shell of Cosmetalepas massieri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Fissurella concatenata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 | |
Species
- Cosmetalepas africana Tomlin, 1926 [2]
- Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864) [3]
- Cosmetalepas massieri Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2011 [4]
- Cosmetalepas scutellum (Gmelin) [3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cosmetalepas africanus [sic] : synonym of Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)
- Cosmetalepas concatenatus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)