Montfortista kirana

Montfortista kirana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Montfortista
Species:
M. kirana
Binomial name
Montfortista kirana
(Habe, 1963)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemitoma kirana Habe, 1963
  • Montfortia kirana Habe, 1963

Montfortista kirana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4.5 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortista kirana. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585830 on 2012-12-31
  2. ^ McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Hemitoma kirana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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