Medusafissurella dubia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Medusafissurella |
| Species: | M. dubia
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| Binomial name | |
| Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849)
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Medusafissurella dubia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, better known as the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 16 mm and 36 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Madagascar and South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 January 2011.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Medusafissurella dubia.
- McLean J.H. & Kilburn R.N. 1986. Propodial elaboration in Southern African and Indian Ocean Fissurellidae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 379: 1–12
- "Medusafissurella dubia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
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