Pupillaea
| Pupillaea | |
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| Pupillaea aperta shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
| Genus: | Pupillaea Gray in Sowerby, 1835 |
| Type species | |
| Fissurella aperta Sowerby, 1825
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Pupillaea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Species[]
Species within the genus Pupillaea include:
- Pupillaea annulus (Odhner, 1932)
- Pupillaea aperta (Sowerby, 1825)[2]
References[]
- ^ Pupillaea Gray in Sowerby, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/19/10.
- ^ Pupillaea aperta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.
Categories:
- Fissurellidae
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Fissurellidae stubs