Profundisepta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Profundisepta
Profundisepta voraginosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Profundisepta
McLean & Geiger, 1998
Type species
Puncturella profundi
Jeffreys, 1877

Species edit

Species within the genus Profundisepta include:

References edit

  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
  • McLean J.H. & Geiger D.L. (1998). New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic-level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 475: 1-32

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