Cosmetalepas

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.

Cosmetalepas
Shell of Cosmetalepas massieri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cosmetalepas
Iredale, 1924
Type species
Fissurella concatenata
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864
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