Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Fissurelloidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Fissurellidae | |
Buchanania onchidioides is a rare species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
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Description
The shell has an elongate-ovate shape, with a large central tubercle and radiating striae on a smooth mantle. The shell grows to a size of 80 mm. The oral appendages are simple, subulate and retractile.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Argentina and Chile.
References
Buchanania onchidioides Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA