- Medusafissurella dubia
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Medusafissurella dubia 
Medusafissurella dubia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Vetigastropoda Superfamily: Fissurelloidea Family: Fissurellidae Genus: Medusafissurella Species: M. dubia Binomial name Medusafissurella dubia
(Reeve, 1849)Synonyms[1] - Amblychilepas dubia (Reeve, 1849)
- Fissurella dubia Reeve, 1849
- Fissuridea genevievae Dautzenberg, Ph., 192
Medusafissurella dubia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
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Description
The shell size varies between 16 mm and 36 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa.
References
- ^ a b Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536034 on 31 January 2011.
External links
- 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
- Gastropods.com : Medusafissurella dubia; accessed : 31 January 2011
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