Cranopsis cucullata

Cranopsis cucullata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cranopsis
Species: C. cucullata
Binomial name
Cranopsis cucullata
(Gould, 1846)
Synonyms

Puncturella (Cranopsis) cucullata Gould, 1846

Cranopsis cucullata, common name the hooded keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico

References

  1. Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cranopsis cucullata (Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527876 on 2012-12-31
  2. Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
  3. McLean J.H. & Geiger D.L. (1998). New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic-level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 475: 1-32
External identifiers for Cranopsis cucullata
Encyclopedia of Life 620407
ITIS 69517
NCBI 744600
WoRMS 527876


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