Cosmetalepas africana
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| Cosmetalepas africana | |
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| A shell of Cosmetalepas africana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Cosmetalepas |
| Species: | C. africana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926) | |
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Cosmetalepas africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]
The size of the shell varies between 14 mm and 50 mm.