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Octomarginula
Shell of Octomarginula scutellata (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Zeidorinae
Genus:	Octomarginula McLean, 2011
Type species
Emarginula ostheimerae Abbott, 1958
Species
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Octomarginula is a genus of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Species

Species within the genus Octomarginula include:

• Octomarginula arabica (Adams, 1852)
• Octomarginula natlandi (Durham, 1950)
• Octomarginula nodulosa (A. Adams, 1852)
• Octomarginula ostheimerae (Abbott, 1958)
• Octomarginula sculptilis (A. Adams, 1852)
• Octomarginula scutellata (Deshayes, 1863)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Octomarginula McLean, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585743 on 2012-10-22

• McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427. page(s): 413

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