Medusafissurella dubia
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea
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| Species: | M. dubia
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| Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849)
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Medusafissurella dubia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description[]
The shell size varies between 16 mm and 36 mm
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Distribution[]
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa.
References[]
- ^ a b Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 January 2011.
External links[]
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- 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.
Categories:
- Fissurellidae
- Gastropods described in 1849
- Fissurellidae stubs