Cosmetalepas, common name the pitted keyhole limpets, is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Cosmetalepas
Shell of Cosmetalepas massieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cosmetalepas
Iredale, 1924
Type species
Fissurella concatenata
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Cosmetalepas africanus [sic] : synonym of Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)
  • Cosmetalepas concatenatus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590893 on 2012-06-08
  2. ^ Zipcodezoo : Cosmetalepas
  3. ^ a b Discover Life : Cosmetalepas
  4. ^ G. T. Poppe, S. P. Tagaro & J. C. Sarino (2011). "Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia". Visaya. 3 (4): 71–75.