''Cosmetalepas'', common name the pitted keyhole limpets, is a

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of minute deepwater keyhole

limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, ...

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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 and slit limpets.Bouchet, P. (2012). Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590893 on 2012-06-08

Species

*'' Cosmetalepas africana'' Tomlin, 1926 Zipcodezoo : Cosmetalepas
/ref> * '' Cosmetalepas concatenata'' ( Crosse & Fischer, 1864) Discover Life : Cosmetalepas
/ref> * '' Cosmetalepas massieri'' Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2011 * '' Cosmetalepas scutellum'' (

Gmelin Gmelin may refer to: * Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806) * Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete * ...

) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Cosmetalepas africanus'' ic: synonym of ''Cosmetalepas africana'' (Tomlin, 1926) * ''Cosmetalepas concatenatus'' ( Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of ''Cosmetalepas concatenata'' (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)

References

Fissurellidae Gastropod genera {{Fissurellidae-stub