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 | |
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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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