Emarginula

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Emarginula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Emarginula
Lamarck, 1801
Species

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Emarginula is a genus of keyhole limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This genus is found in most seas worldwide.

[edit] Description

Species in this genus have a shell with a long narrow anterior slit at the marginal termination of a distinct fasciole extending from the apex.

[edit] Species

  • Emarginula conica Lamarck, 1801
  • Emarginula crassa Sowerby, 1812
  • Emarginula dentigera Heilprin, 1889 - toothed emarginula
  • Emarginula fissura
  • Emarginula nordica Perez Farfante, 1947 - northern emarginula
  • Emarginula phrixodes Dall, 1927 - ruffled emarginula
  • Emarginula pumila (A. Adams, 1852) - pygmy emarginula
  • Emarginula sicula J. E. Gray, 1825 - dagger emarginula
  • Emarginula striatula Quoy and Gaimard, 1834 - dagger emarginula
  • Emarginula tuberculosa Libassi, 1859 - tuberculate emarginula
  • Emarginula velascoensis

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