Macrochisma
Encyclopedia
Macrochisma is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Species
Species within the genus Macrochisma include:- Macrochisma africanaMacrochisma africanaMacrochisma africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Tomlin, 1926 - Macrochisma compressaMacrochisma compressaMacrochisma compressa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
A. Adams, 1850 - Macrochisma magathuraMacrochisma magathuraMacrochisma magathura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
A. Adams 1850 - Macrochisma productaMacrochisma productaMacrochisma producta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
A. Adams, 1850 - Macrochisma sinensisMacrochisma sinensisMacrochisma sinensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
A. Adams, 1855
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use
- Macrochisma angustata A. Adams, 1850
- Macrochisma bakiei Adams in Sowerby, 1862
- Macrochisma canalifera (G. & H. Nevill, 1869)
- Macrochisma cuspidata A. Adams, 1851
- Macrochisma dilatata A. Adams, 1851
- Macrochisma elegans Preston, 1908
- Macrochisma hiatula Swainson, 1840
- Macrochisma madreporaria Hedley, 1907
- Macrochisma munita (Iredale, 1940)
- Macrochisma scutiformis G. & H. Nevill, 1869
- Macrochisma tasmaniae (Sowerby, 1862)