Montfortia subemarginata explained

Montfortia subemarginata, common name the emarginate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Victoria, Australia and off Tasmania.

External links

• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 (1832); 2(2): 321-686 (1833); 3(1): 1-366 (1834); 3(2): 367-954 (1835); Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 (1833). Paris: Tastu
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia subemarginata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585823 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.