Montfortia hermosa
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| authority = (Lowe, 1935)
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- Hemitoma (Montfortia) hermosa Lowe, 1935
- Hemitoma hermosa Lowe, 1935
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Montfortia hermosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585819 on 2012-12-31McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
Description
The shell grows to a size of 7 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Mexico.
References
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External links
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585819 World Register of Marine Species]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=20355|title=Hemitoma (Montfortia) hermosa|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1935
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