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Buchanania onchidioides

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Fissurelloidea

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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


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