Variemarginula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2]
| Variemarginula | |
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| Variemarginula variegata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemitominae |
| Genus: | Variemarginula McLean, 2011[1] |
| Type species | |
| Emarginula variegata Adams, 1852
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Species edit
Species within the genus Variemarginula include:[2]
- Variemarginula fujitai (Habe, 1963)
- Variemarginula pileata Gould, 1859 [3]
- Variemarginula punctata (Adams, 1852)
- Variemarginula variegata (Adams, 1852)
References edit
- ^ 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.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-12-31.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Variemarginula McLean, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585809 on 2012-12-31
- ^ "Variemarginula pileata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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