Macroschisma compressum

Macroschisma compressum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]

Macroschisma compressum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Macroschisma
Species:
M. compressum
Binomial name
Macroschisma compressum
Adams, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Macrochisma compressa Adams, 1851 (basionym)
  • Macroschisma compressa [sic] (incorrect gender ending)

Distribution

This species occurs off the following locations:[1]

  • Madagascar
  • Red Sea

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Macroschisma compressum A. Adams, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732498 on 2015-02-15
  2. Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  3. Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.


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