Cornisepta acuminata

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

Cornisepta acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Genus:
Cornisepta
Species:
C. acuminata
Binomial name
Cornisepta acuminata
(Watson, 1883) [1]
Synonyms
  • Fissurisepta acuminata (Watson, 1883)
  • Fissurisepta triangulata (Dall, 1889)
  • Puncturella (Fissurisepta) acuminata Watson, 1883 (original combination)
  • Puncturella rostrata auct. non Seguenza, 1863
  • Puncturella (Fissurisepta) triangulata Dall, 1889

Description

The height of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Southeast USA to Central Brazil; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

References
  1. Watson, R. B. 1883. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XVI. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 17: 26–40.
  2. Cornisepta acuminata (Watson, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2013.
  • Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40.
  • "Cornisepta acuminata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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