''Emarginula christiaensi'' is a

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gastropod

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in the

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Fissurellidae Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidae. Accessed through: World Register of ...

, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.Gofas, S. (2014). Emarginula christiaensi Piani, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139956 on 2014-07-22Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (includes Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. . 319 pp.

Description

This marine shell measures 15.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the

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References

* Biondi F. & Di Paco G. (1996). Living specimens of Emarginula christiaensi Piani, 1985 found in the Mediterranean (Ligurian Sea) (Archeogastropoda: Fissurellidae). La Conchiglia 278: 17-20 * Hoffman L. & Freiwald A. (2018). Last snails standing: a tale of Fissurellidae (Gastropoda) from deep-water coral habitats off Mauritania since the Pleistocene. Miscellanea Malacologica. 7(6): 115-126.

External links

Locard A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897
p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18]
ofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material

Piani P. (1985). ''Revisione del genere Emarginula Lamarck, 1801 in Mediterraneo''. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21: 193-238

Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)

To World Register of Marine Species
Fissurellidae Gastropods described in 1898 {{Fissurellidae-stub