Emarginula striatula

Emarginula striatula is a species of slit limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Emarginula striatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Emarginula
Species:	E. striatula
Binomial name
Emarginula striatula Quoy and Gaimard, 1834
Synonyms
† Emarginula lophelia Beu, 1966 Emarginula striatula valentior Finlay, 1928

Distribution

This marine species is found only in the vicinity of New Zealand and surrounding islands.[1]

Emarginula striatula underside view

Emarginula striatula side view

References

1. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

• Finlay, H. J. (1928). The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 232-286.
• Beu, A.G. (1967) Deep-water Pliocene Mollusca from Palliser Bay, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Geology, 5, 89–122.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch

External links

• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93]