Pupillaea aperta

Pupillaea aperta, common name the mantled keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Pupillaea aperta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Subfamily:
Emarginullinae
Tribe:
Fissurellideini
Genus:
Pupillaea
Species:
P. aperta
Binomial name
Pupillaea aperta
(Sowerby, 1825)
Synonyms[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Namibia to North Transkei, South Africa.

  • Shell

References
  1. Pupillaea aperta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 January 2013.
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 36
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 12
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • "Fissurellidea aperta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg


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