Montfortista kirana

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

Montfortista kirana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Montfortista
Species:
M. kirana
Binomial name
Montfortista kirana
(Habe, 1963)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemitoma kirana Habe, 1963
  • Montfortia kirana Habe, 1963

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. 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.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Hemitoma kirana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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