Macroschisma

Macroschisma, common name the narrow slot limpets, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Macroschisma
Macroschisma tasmaniae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Macroschisma
Gray, 1835
Type species
Patella macroschisma
Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms
  • Dolichoschisma Iredale, 1940
  • Forolepas Iredale, 1940
  • Macroschisma Agassiz, 1846
  • Machrochisma (misspelling)
  • Macrochisma [sic] (misspelling)
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