Montfortista excentrica
Montfortista excentrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
| Montfortista excentrica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Montfortista |
| Species: | M. excentrica |
| Binomial name | |
| Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Description
The size of the shell typically varies between six and eighteen millimetres.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Central Indo-West Pacific; off Queensland, Northern Territory, West Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585828 on 2012-12-31
- McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Hemitoma (Montfortista) excentrica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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