Macroschisma producta

Overview

Taken under rocks in reef at low tide. Collected by W. Rumball, March 1999.

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Fissurellidae

Shell with a dorsal opening at or near the apex, or with a slight indentation at the anterior margin (such an indentation is present only in the rare and subtidal Arginula bella; it marks the place where a groove on the interior of the shell, beginning at the apex, reaches the margin )

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Vetigastropoda () - Salvini-Plawen, 1980
        Order: Archaeogastropoda ()
        Superfamily: Fissurelloidea () - C.A. Fleming, 1822
        Family: Fissurellidae () - C.A. Fleming, 1822 - Keyhole Limpets
        Subfamily: Fissurellinae ()
        Genus: Macroschisma () - Gray, 1840
        Specific name: producta - (A.adams, 1850)
        Scientific name: - Macroschisma producta (A.adams, 1850)