Emarginula nigromaculata

Emarginula nigromaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[4][2][3]

Emarginula nigromaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Emarginula
Species:
E. nigromaculata
Binomial name
Emarginula nigromaculata
(Thiele, 1930)
Synonyms

Originally a member of the Order Archaeogastropoda, [2][3] the species now belongs to Order Lepetellida.[4]

Distribution

This species is seen at Guishan Island of Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan[2][5][3] and Enewetak Atoll of Marshall Islands in West Pacific Ocean.[1]:106,135 The length of the shell is around 10 mm.[1]:106,135

References

  1. Kay, E. Alison; Johnson, Scott. "Chapter 14 Mollusca of Enewetak Atoll". In Devaney, Dennis M. (ed.). The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll. 2. pp. 105–146. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.4120.
  2. "Emarginula fnigromaculata". The Taiwan Malacofauna Database. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  3. "Emarginula fnigromaculata Thiele, 1930". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  4. "Emarginula nigromaculata". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  5. Wu, Wen-Lung; Lee, Yen-Chen (2005). 作伙去撿螺仔-台灣常見貝類彩色圖誌 [The Taiwan Common Mollusks In Color] (in Chinese). 農委會林務局. pp. 294 pp.
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