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Macroschisma megatrema A. Adams, 1851

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Lepetellida »  family Fissurellidae - Keyhole Limpets »  genus Macroschisma

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Macroschisma megatrema

Author: Bosch et al.

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Description

6mm. Delicate, elongate-oval in outline with straight, compressed sides, rounded posteriorly, anterior edge straight; orifice large, wide anteriorly. V-shaped posteriorly. Coarse radial ribs crossed by concentric threads; glossy inside. White with 2 broad rays anteriorly, mottled and spotted posteriorly. Syn: probably the species listed by Glayzer et al, 1984:318, (as M. elegans Preston, 1908), from Kuwait. Habitat: beached. Distribution: Masirah (gulf of Oman), Persian Gulf.
Bosch, D.T., Dance, S.P., Moolenbeek, R.G. en Oliver, G., 1995. Seashells of Eastern Arabia.
Author: Jan Delsing

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