Cranopsis antillana
| Cranopsis antillana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Cranopsis |
| Species: | C. antillana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cranopsis antillana (Pérez Farfante, 1947) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cranopsis antillana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]
Description
The size of the shell reaches 15 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Cuba, the Virgin Islands, St Thomas, Martinique and Brazil; on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
References
- ↑ Pérez Farfante, I. 1947. The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2: 93-148
- ↑ Cranopsis antillana (Pérez Farfante, 1947). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2013.
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