Medusafissurella dubia

Medusafissurella dubia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Medusafissurella dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Genus:
Medusafissurella
Species:
M. dubia
Binomial name
Medusafissurella dubia
(Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amblychilepas dubia (Reeve, 1849)
  • Fissurella dubia Reeve, 1849
  • Fissuridea genevievae Dautzenberg, Ph., 192

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 36 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa.

References
  1. Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 January 2011.
  • McLean J.H. & Kilburn R.N. 1986. Propodial elaboration in Southern African and Indian Ocean Fissurellidae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 379: 1–12
  • "Medusafissurella dubia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 January 2011.


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