Amblychilepas platyactis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Amblychilepas |
| Species: | A. platyactis
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| Amblychilepas platyactis McLean & Kilburn, 1986
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| Synonyms | |
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Amblychilepas scutellum (non-Gmelin, 1791) | |
Description edit
The size of this species varies between 11 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off West Cape to East London, South Africa
References edit
- ^ Amblychilepas platyactis McLean & Lilburn, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 12
External links edit
- "Amblychilepas platyactis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- McLean J.H. & Kilburn R.N. 1986. Propodial elaboration in Southern African and Indian Ocean Fissurellidae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 379: 1–12 Archived 21 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine