Rimula exquisita
| Rimula exquisita | |
|---|---|
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| Drawing with an apical view of a shell of Rimula exquisita | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Rimula |
| Species: | R. exquisita |
| Binomial name | |
| Rimula exquisita A. Adams, 1851 | |
Rimula exquisita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
References
- ↑ Rimula exquisita A. Adams, 1851. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 January 2013.
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
External links
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