Zeidora calceolina | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
Genus: | Zeidora |
Species: | Z. calceolina
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Binomial name | |
Zeidora calceolina
Adams, 1860
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Synonyms [1] | |
Zeidora limatulaeformis Horikoshi, 1944 |
Zeidora calceolina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1] [2]
The length of the shell attains 4 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The oblong shell is elegantly ornamented with raised concentric and radiating lines. It has a median sulcus with raised sides. The tip is bent posteriorly. The septum shows a sharp edge and is intact. [3]
It is found in Western Pacific off Japan , Korea and the Philippines and lives in depths of 50 to 200 meters. [4] It was also collected from Mozambique, Indian Ocean.
Zeidora calceolina | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
Genus: | Zeidora |
Species: | Z. calceolina
|
Binomial name | |
Zeidora calceolina
Adams, 1860
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
Zeidora limatulaeformis Horikoshi, 1944 |
Zeidora calceolina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1] [2]
The length of the shell attains 4 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The oblong shell is elegantly ornamented with raised concentric and radiating lines. It has a median sulcus with raised sides. The tip is bent posteriorly. The septum shows a sharp edge and is intact. [3]
It is found in Western Pacific off Japan , Korea and the Philippines and lives in depths of 50 to 200 meters. [4] It was also collected from Mozambique, Indian Ocean.