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Fissurella
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Pleurotomariina
Superfamily:
Fissurellacea
Family:
Emarginulidae
Subfamily:
Fissurellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Fissurella BRUGUIÈRE, 1789
Type Species:
Patella nimbosa Linné, 1758, SD LAMARCK, 1799
Images
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Fic. 142,12. *F. nimbosa (Linné), Rec., W.Indies, X0.7 (147).
Synonyms
Fissurellus
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-C.Am.-S.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
33.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Apex nearly central, inner margin of shell smooth or weakly crenulate
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Pleurotomariina
Superfamily:
Fissurellacea
Family:
Emarginulidae
Subfamily:
Fissurellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Fissurella BRUGUIÈRE, 1789
Type Species:
Patella nimbosa Linné, 1758, SD LAMARCK, 1799
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fic. 142,12. *F. nimbosa (Linné), Rec., W.Indies, X0.7 (147).
Synonyms
Fissurellus
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-C.Am.-S.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
33.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Apex nearly central, inner margin of shell smooth or weakly crenulate