Cornisepta antarctica

Species of gastropod

Cornisepta antarctica

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Lepetellida
Family:  | Fissurellidae
Subfamily:  | Zeidorinae
Genus:  | Cornisepta
Species:  |

C. antarctica

Binomial name
Cornisepta antarctica

(Egorova, 1972)[1]

Synonyms[2]

* Fissurisepta antarctica Egorova, 1972 (original combination)

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

## Description

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The shell grows to a height of 8 mm.

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## Distribution

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This species occurs in Antarctic waters of the Weddell Sea.

## References

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1. ^ Egorova, E. N. 1972. New species of Gastropoda (Prosobranchia) from Davis Sea. Issledovaniia Fauny Morei 11: 383-394
2. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cornisepta antarctica (Egorova, 1972). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532662 on 2012-12-31
3. ^ Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

## External links

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* Encyclopedia of Life
* World Register of Marine Species
* "Cornisepta antarctica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

Taxon identifiers

Cornisepta antarctica|

* Wikidata: Q5171789
* AFD: Cornisepta_antarctica
* CoL: YG42
* EoL: 19660768
* GBIF: 4616958
* iNaturalist: 1213002
* IRMNG: 11125710
* OBIS: 532662
* Open Tree of Life: 2887204
* SeaLifeBase: 147993
* WoRMS: 532662

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