Macroschisma africanum

Macroschisma africanum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^[2][3][4]

Macroschisma africanum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Macroschisma
Species:	M. africanum
Binomial name
Macroschisma africanum Tomlin, 1932[1]
Synonyms
Macroschisma africana [sic] (incorrect gender ending)

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[2]

• Mascarene Basin
• Mauritius

References

1. Tomlin J.R. le B. (1932) Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collection of the South African Museum. 6-8. Families Fasciolariidae, Fissurellidae, Buccinidae. Annals of the South African Museum 30: 157-169.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-12-31.
2. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Macroschisma africanum Tomlin, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732495 on 2015-02-15
3. Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
4. Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.

External links

• Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98
• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species