| Buchanania onchidioides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
| Genus: | Buchanania |
| Species: | B. onchidioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Buchanania onchidioides Lesson, 1830 | |
Buchanania onchidioides is a rare species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
Description
The shell has an elongate-ovate shape, with a large central tubercle and radiating striae on a smooth mantle. The shell grows to a size of 80 mm. The oral appendages are simple, subulate and retractile.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Argentina and Chile.
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Buchanania onchidioides Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446163 on 2012-12-31
- McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.
- G.W. Tryon (1882), Systematic Conchology vol. I p. 92
External links
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| Buchanania onchidioides | |
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