Altrix trifolium

Altrix trifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Altrix
Species:
A. trifolium
Binomial name
Altrix trifolium
(Dall, 1881)

Altrix trifolium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Description

The shell can grow to be 12 mm to 28 mm in length.

Distribution

Altrix trifolium can be found off of Yucatán, Colombia, and Barbados. It lives at a depth of 256 m to 1,170 m.

References

  1. ↑ Altrix trifolium (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  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. 1 2 "Altrix trifolium". gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Felder, Darryl L.; Camp, David K. (29 June 2009). Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume I, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-60344-094-3.