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Cranopsis (gastropod)

Cranopsis
Cranopsis pelex 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Cranopsis pelex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Cranopsis
A. Adams, 1860
Type species
Cranopsis pelex A. Adams, 1860
Synonyms

Puncturella (Cranopsis) A. Adams, 1860


Puncturella (Cranopsis) A. Adams, 1860

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

Cranopsis was previously considered a subgenus of Puncturella.

The fissure lies about the middle of the anterior side. An internal vaulted chamber is found over the foramen, resembling that of Puncturella

Species within the genus Cranopsis include:

Species brought into synonymy:


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