Cornisepta antarctica

Cornisepta antarctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cornisepta
Species: C. antarctica
Binomial name
Cornisepta antarctica
(Egorova, 1972) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Fissurisepta antarctica Egorova, 1972 (original combination)

Cornisepta antarctica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Antarctic waters of the Weddell Sea.

References

  1. Egorova, E. N. 1972. New species of Gastropoda (Prosobranchia) from Davis Sea. Issledovaniia Fauny Morei 11: 383-394
  2. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cornisepta antarctica (Egorova, 1972). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532662 on 2012-12-31
  3. Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External identifiers for Cornisepta antarctica
Encyclopedia of Life 19660768
WoRMS 532662


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