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Amblychilepas
Sign in to saveAmblychilepas is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLepetellida
- FamilyFissurellidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 44
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Fissurellidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NMV, WAM, USNM, AM, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- Australia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Philippines, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Angola, Tasmania
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Fissurellidae
- Image
- Amblychilepas oblonga 002.jpg
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- Amblychilepas
- taxon name
- Amblychilepas
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Amblychilepas is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
==Distribution== The species from this genus can be found in temperate waters of Australia, except Amblychilepas platyactis that is found along the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.
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