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Monodilepas skinneri

Monodilepas skinneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Monodilepas
Species: M. skinneri
Binomial name
Monodilepas skinneri
Finlay, 1928

Monodilepas skinneri is a gastropod mollusc of the family Fissurellidae, endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand.

The shell of this species is narrower than Monodilepas monilifera subsp, with parallel sides and rounded ends, large and solid. The foramen is long, and the sculpture is distinctive, with dense radial ribs, dominant over the very weak concentric threads.

Maximum shell height is 7 mm, width 19 mm, and length 28 mm.

References

  • Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

 
 
 

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