Emarginula adriatica

Emarginula adriatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Emarginula
Species:
E. adriatica
Binomial name
Emarginula adriatica
Costa O.G., 1829[1]

Emarginula adriatica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Madeira.

References

  1. ^ Costa O. G. (1829). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli 8 + 132 p., pl. 1–3:. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ Emarginula adriatica Costa O.G., 1829. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 January 2013.
  • "Emarginula adriatica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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