Amblychilepas nigrita, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Amblychilepas nigrita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Amblychilepas
Species:
A. nigrita
Binomial name
Amblychilepas nigrita
(Sowerby, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblychilepas pritchardi Hedley, C., 1895
  • Fissurella nigrita Sowerby, 1834 (original combination)

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off southern Queensland, Western Australia and off Tasmania in shallow water under stones.

 
Basal view

References

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  1. ^ Sowerby, 1834, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 127
  2. ^ Amblychilepas nigrita (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 January 2013.
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  • Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, vol. 27, 1966, p. 207
  • "Amblychilepas nigrita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.