Nesta amamiensis

Nesta amamiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Nesta amamiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Nesta
Species:
N. amamiensis
Binomial name
Nesta amamiensis
Habe, 1963
Synonyms[1]
  • Zeidora amamiensis Adams, 1870

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Nesta amamiensis Habe, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701632 on 2013-01-19
  2. Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.


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