Macroschisma

Macroschisma, common name the narrow slot limpets, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Macroschisma
Macroschisma tasmaniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Macroschisma
Gray, 1835
Type species
Patella macroschisma
Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[1]
  • Macroschisma Agassiz, 1846
  • Forolepas Iredale, 1940
  • Dolichoschisma Iredale, 1940

Species

Species within the genus Macroschisma include:[1]

Macroschisma munitum

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use [3]

  • Macroschisma angustata Adams, 1850
  • Macroschisma hiatula Swainson, 1840
  • Macroschisma madreporaria Hedley, 1907
  • Macroschisma scutiformis Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Macroschisma Gray, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205990 on 2012-12-31
  2. Nomenclator Zoologicus
  3. OBIS : Macroschisma
  • Cotton, B. C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. W.L. Hawes, Adelaide.. 449 pp., 1 pl.
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962]. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0
  • Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne University Press and National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne. xv, 475
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
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