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dagger emarginula

Emarginula sicula

Classification

Emarginula fissura, the common slit limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. Piero Piani (1984) has demonstrated in a publication that there is no reason to prefer the synonym Emarginula reticulata Sowerby, 1813 over the older name Patella fissura Linnaeus, 1758. Description The shell of the slit limpet has an elevated conical profile with its apex strongly curved backwards, but never overhanging the posterior margin.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 4Spain · 2Italy · 1