Buchanania (gastropod)

This article is about the genus of sea snails. For the genus of plants, see Buchanania.
Buchanania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Buchanania
Lesson, 1831
Type species
Buchanania onchidioides Lesson, 1831

Buchanania 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 Buchanania (gastropod) include:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Buchanania Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446156 on 2012-12-31
  2. McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.
External identifiers for Buchanania (gastropod)
NCBI 43863
WoRMS 446156


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