Zeidora reticulata explained

Zeidora reticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1] [2]

Description

(Original description) This species differs from Zeidora calceolina in being much more convex, less obtuse anteriorly, and in the fissure being narrow and deeply incised. The sculpture, moreover, is very different, the surface being finely reticulate instead of widely cancellate.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

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Notes and References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Zeidora reticulata A. Adams, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572221 on 2012-12-31
  2. Kilburn R.N. (1978). The Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(2):431453.
  3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22219749 Adams, A. (1862). On some new species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 9: 295-299