Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Lepetellida
Superfamilia: Fissurelloidea
Familia: Fissurellidae
Subfamilia: Diodorinae
Genus: Cosmetalepas
Species: C. africana – C. concatenatus
Name
Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924
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.[1]
Species
Cosmetalepas africana Tomlin, 1926 [2]
Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864) [3]
Cosmetalepas massieri Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2011 [4]
Cosmetalepas scutellum (Gmelin) [3]
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
Bouchet, P. (2012). Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590893 on 2012-06-08
Zipcodezoo : Cosmetalepas
Discover Life : Cosmetalepas
G. T. Poppe, S. P. Tagaro & J. C. Sarino (2011). "Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia". Visaya. 3 (4): 71–75.
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