Buchanania onchidioides

Buchanania onchidioides

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae

Buchanania onchidioides is a rare species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. Description The shell has an elongate-ovate shape, with a large central tubercle and radiating striae on a smooth mantle. The shell grows to a size of 80 mm.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Chile · 30

Sources and credits

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Buchanania onchidioides

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