Cornisepta rostrata

Cornisepta rostrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Cornisepta rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Genus:
Cornisepta
Species:
C. rostrata
Binomial name
Cornisepta rostrata
(Seguenza, 1862)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurisepta rostrata Seguenza, 1862
  • Fissurisepta rostrata var. elata Seguenza, 1862
  • Puncturella (Fissurella) rostrata Watson, 1886

Description

The height of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea at depths between 100 m and 2000 m.

References
  1. Cornisepta rostrata (Seguenza, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2013.
  • 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
  • "Cornisepta rostrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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