Montfortula rugosa facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Montfortula rugosa
preserved specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Montfortula
Species:	M. rugosa
Binomial name
Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
Emarginula rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Emarginula conoides Reeve, 1842 Subemarginula rugosa Suter, 1913 Montfortula lyallensis Mestayer, 1928 Montfortula chathamensis Finlay, 1928 Montfortula conoidea Reeve, 1842

Montfortula rugosa, common name the cap-shaped false limpet, is a species of keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

Montfortula rugosa, a marine species, is found off Australia (from West Australia to South Queensland), Tasmania and New Zealand.

See also

In Spanish: Montfortula rugosa para niños