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Gastropoda Name Fissurellidae 

Amblychilepas nigrita (Sowerby, 1834)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Sophismalepas nigrita auct.
   Fissurella nigrita Sowerby, 1834
   Lucapinella pritchardi Hedley, 1895

Common Name

Calloused Keyhole Limpet p.52 [as Sophismalepas nigrita]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Black Keyhole Limpet p.73 [as Sophismalepas nigrita]      Cotton, B. C. 1959.  

Distribution

southern Queensland to Fremantle, Western Australia

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
substrate: under stones 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.52-53, fig. 7 [ as Sophismalepas nigrita ]  General reference
 Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.73-74, fig. 34 [ as Sophismalepas nigrita ]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1934. p.49-50, pl. 1, fig. 8 [ as Sophismalepas nigrita ]  General reference
 Iredale, T. 1924. p.219 [ as Sophismalepas nigrita ]  New combination
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.31 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.53, pl. 6, fig. 5  Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Fissurelloidea
                    Fissurellidae Fleming, 1922
                      Fissurellinae
                        Amblychilepas Pilsbry, 1890
                          Amblychilepas nigrita (Sowerby, 1834)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5930) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-12-17.