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Cornisepta rostrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Cornisepta
Species:	C. rostrata
Binomial name
Cornisepta rostrata (Seguenza, 1862)
Synonyms
Fissurisepta rostrata Seguenza, 1862 Fissurisepta rostrata var. elata Seguenza, 1862 Puncturella (Fissurella) rostrata Watson, 1886

Cornisepta rostrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Description

The height of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 5 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2013)

Distribution

This species occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea at depths between 100 m and 2000 m.

References

1. ^ Cornisepta rostrata (Seguenza, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2013.

• McLean J.H. & Geiger D.L. (1998). New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic-level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 475: 1–32

External links

• Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
• "Cornisepta rostrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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