Macroschisma

Macroschisma
Macroschisma tasmaniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Macroschisma
Gray, 1835
Type species
Patella macroschisma Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[1]
  • Macroschisma Agassiz, 1846
  • Forolepas Iredale, 1940
  • Dolichoschisma Iredale, 1940

Macroschisma, common name the narrow slot limpets, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Macroschisma include:[1]

Macroschisma munitum

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use [3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Macroschisma Gray, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205990 on 2012-12-31
  2. Nomenclator Zoologicus
  3. OBIS : Macroschisma
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