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Altrix

Altrix is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

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Altrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Altrix
Palmer, 19421
Synonyms2
  • Folia Palmer, 1937
  • Puncturella (Esmeria) Olsson, 1964
  • Puncturella (Altrix) Sohl, 1992

Altrix is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.3

Species

Species within the genus Aktrix include:

  • Altrix trifolium (Dall, 1881)
  • Altrix altior (Meyer & Aldrich, 1886) 2
  • Altrix leesi (Sohl, 1992) 2
  • Altrix pacifica (Squires & Goedert, 1996) 2
  • Altrix palmerae (Olsson, 1964) 2
References

References

  1. Palmer, KatherineV.W. (1942). "Substitutes for Moluccan homonyms". Journal of Paleontology. 16 (5): 674.
  2. McLean, James H.; Geiger, Daniel L. (1998). "New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae)" (PDF). Contributions in Science. 475. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: 1–32. doi:10.5962/p.208103. S2CID 89786751. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. Altrix trifolium (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 January 2011.