''Cornisepta'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidae. Accessed throu ...
, the keyhole limpets.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cornisepta'' include:
* ''
Cornisepta acuminata''
(Watson, 1883)
* ''
Cornisepta aninga
''Cornisepta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cornisepta'' include:
* ''Cornisepta acuminata'' (Watson, 1 ...
''
Simone & Cunha, 2014
* ''
Cornisepta antarctica''
(Egorova, 1972)
* ''
Cornisepta arrepiata''
Simone & Cunha, 2014
* ''
Cornisepta crossei''
( Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
* ''
Cornisepta festiva''
Crozier, 1966
* ''
Cornisepta fumarium
''Cornisepta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cornisepta'' include:
* '' Cornisepta acuminata'' (Watson, 1883)
* ''Cornisepta aninga'' Sim ...
''
(Hedley, 1911)
* ''
Cornisepta guzmani
''Cornisepta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized limpet-like sea snails, marine ...
''
Araya & Geiger, 2013
* ''
Cornisepta levinae
''Cornisepta levinae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The shell grows to a height of 5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the East Pacific ...
''
McLean & Geiger, 1998
* ''
Cornisepta microphyma
''Cornisepta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized limpet-like sea snails, marine ...
''
( Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
* ''
Cornisepta monsfuji
''Cornisepta monsfuji'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The shell can grow to be 1.8 mm in length.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan
J ...
''
Chino, 2009
* ''
Cornisepta onychoides
''Cornisepta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cornisepta'' include:
* '' Cornisepta acuminata'' (Watson, 1883)
* ''Cornisepta aninga'' Sim ...
''
(Herbert & Kilburn, 1986)
* ''
Cornisepta pacifica
''Cornisepta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized limpet-like sea snails, marine ...
''
(Cowan, 1969)
* ''
Cornisepta rostrata
''Cornisepta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized limpet-like sea snails, marine ...
''
( Seguenza, 1864)
* ''
Cornisepta soyoae
''Cornisepta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cornisepta'' include:
* '' Cornisepta acuminata'' (Watson, 1883)
* ''Cornisepta aninga'' Sim ...
''
(Habe, 1951)
* ''
Cornisepta uirapa
''Cornisepta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized limpet-like sea snails, marine ...
''
Simone & Cunha, 2014
* ''
Cornisepta verenae
''Cornisepta verenae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The shell grows to a height of 1.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Juan de Fuc ...
''
McLean & Geiger, 1998
References
* Simone L.R.L. & Cunha C.M. , 2014. ''Taxonomical study on the mollusks collected in Marion-Dufresne (MD55) and other expeditions to SE Brazil: the Fissurellidae (Mollusca, Vetigastropoda)''. Zootaxa 3835(4): 437-468
External links
*
McLean J.H. & Geiger D.L. 1998. ''New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae)''. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 475: 1-32
Fissurellidae
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