Cosmetalepas

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Fissurellidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Fissurelloidea Rank Genus

Similar Hemitoma, Lucapinella, Rimula

Cosmetalepas, common name the pitted keyhole limpets, is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Species

Cosmetalepas africana Tomlin, 1926

Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)

Cosmetalepas massieri Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2011

Cosmetalepas scutellum (Gmelin)

Species brought into synonymy

Cosmetalepas africanus [sic] : synonym of Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)

Cosmetalepas concatenatus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)

References

Cosmetalepas Wikipedia

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