Variemarginula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2]
| Variemarginula | |
|---|---|
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| Variemarginula variegata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemitominae |
| Genus: | Variemarginula McLean, 2011[1] |
| Type species | |
| Emarginula variegata Adams, 1852 | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Variemarginula include:[2]
- Variemarginula fujitai (Habe, 1963)
- Variemarginula pileata Gould, 1859[3]
- Variemarginula punctata (Adams, 1852)
- Variemarginula variegata (Adams, 1852)
References
edit- ↑ 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.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-12-31.
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Variemarginula McLean, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585809 on 2012-12-31
- ↑ "Variemarginula pileata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.