Montfortista kirana
Montfortista kirana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
| Montfortista kirana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Montfortista |
| Species: | M. kirana |
| Binomial name | |
| Montfortista kirana (Habe, 1963) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 4.5 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
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References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortista kirana. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585830 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.
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Hemitoma kirana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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