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Emarginula tuberculosa Libassi, 1859

Gastropodos, Gastropods

Length: 13 mm; height: 7 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Lepetellida

Superfamily
Fissurelloidea

Family
Fissurellidae

Genus
Emarginula

Species
tuberculosa

Taxon category: Accepted

LACM: 150430, AHF-481, "bottom sample 432"

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Caribbean Sea, cuba, European waters (ERMS scope) , Gulf of Mexico, Lesser Antilles, Ecuador (Galapagos Island)

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.

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