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Profundisepta profundi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Profundisepta
Species:	P. profundi
Binomial name
Profundisepta profundi (Jeffreys, 1877)
Synonyms
Fissurisepta profundi (Jeffreys, 1877) Puncturella profundi Jeffreys, 1877 (basionym)

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

Description

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The shell size varies between 3 mm and 6 mm, and features a hole at or near the top of the shell. The height of the shell is shorter than its width and a sculpture of granular riblets radiate from the apex, both of which help distinguish the species from the related P. alicei, which has a smooth shell taller than it is wide.

Mosquera et al. (1981) and Mosquera (1983) misidentified a Puncturella agger specimen as belonging to this species (then called Puncturella profundi). While P. agger shares the radial rows of granules with Profundisepta profundi, it is distinct in that there is a slit, rather than a hole, near the top of the shell, stretching from the apex to the anterior edge.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Northern Atlantic Ocean along Iceland and Greenland.

References

1. ^ Profundisepta profundi (Jeffreys, 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 January 2011.
2. ^ The Mollusca of Galicia Bank, p. 30
3. The Mollusca of Galicia Bank, p. 35

Bibliography

• Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• 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

External links

• "Profundisepta profundi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

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