Cranopsis asturiana

Cranopsis asturiana
Cranopsis asturiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cranopsis (gastropod)
Species: C. asturiana
Binomial name
Cranopsis asturiana
(P. Fischer, 1882)
Synonyms[1]

Rimula asturiana P. Fischer, 1882

Cranopsis asturiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. ^ a b Cranopsis asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139948 on 19 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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