Montfortia hermosa

Montfortia hermosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Montfortia hermosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Montfortia
Species:
M. hermosa
Binomial name
Montfortia hermosa
(Lowe, 1935)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemitoma (Montfortia) hermosa Lowe, 1935
  • Hemitoma hermosa Lowe, 1935

Description

The shell grows to a size of 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Mexico.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585819 on 2012-12-31
  2. 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.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Hemitoma (Montfortia) hermosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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