Taxon profile

genus

Emarginella Pilsbry, 1890

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

Description

Shell covered by mantle margin, flatly arched with rather central apex and deep slit; the tubercles of the ribs are depressed and turned toward the center; shell colorless, animals usually colored.

Thiele, J., 1935 (1992); Handbook of Systematic Malacology. Part 1 (Loricata; Gastropoda; Prosobranchia). Translation by Bieler, R. & Mikkelsen, P.M.

Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 12

species Emarginella aurea Poppe & Tagaro, 2020

species Emarginella clypeus (A. Adams, 1852)

species Emarginella dharmai Poppe & Tagaro, 2020

species Emarginella eximia A. Adams, 1852

species Emarginella incisura A. Adams, 1852

species Emarginella nigromaculata (Thiele, 1915)

species Emarginella obovata (A. Adams, 1852)

species Emarginella okinawaensis T. Habe, 1953

species Emarginella planulata A. Adams, 1852

species Emarginella sakuraii T. Habe, 1963

species Emarginella sibogae (M.M. Schepman, 1908)

species Emarginella survicapi Poppe & Tagaro, 2020

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1033473]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Emarginella Pilsbry in Tryon & Pilsbry, 1891]
Data retrieved on: 7 February 2020

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