Macroschisma, common name the narrow slot limpets, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
Species
Species within the genus Macroschisma include:
- Macroschisma africanum <small>Tomlin, 1932</small>
- Macroschisma angustatum <small>A. Adams, 1851</small>
- Macroschisma bakiei <small>Adams in Sowerby, 1862</small>
- Macroschisma compressum <small>Adams, 1850</small>
- Macroschisma cuspidatum <small>Adams, 1851</small>
- Macroschisma dilatatum <small>Adams, 1851</small>
- Macroschisma elegans <small>Preston, 1908</small>
- Macroschisma hiatula <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
- Macroschisma madreporaria <small>Hedley, 1907</small>
- Macroschisma maximum <small>Adams, 1851</small>
- Macroschisma megatrema <small>Adams, 1851</small>
- Macroschisma munitum <small>(Iredale, 1940)</small>
- Macroschisma productum <small>Adams, 1850</small>
- Macroschisma rubrum <small>Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
- Macroschisma scutiformis <small>G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869</small>
- Macroschisma sinense <small>Adams, 1855</small>
- Macroschisma tasmaniae <small>(Sowerby, 1862)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Macroschisma africana (sic): synonym of Macroschisma africanum <small>Tomlin, 1932</small>
- Macroschisma canalifera <small>(Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)</small>: synonym of Lucapinella canalifera <small>(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)</small>
- Macroschisma compressa (sic): synonym of Macroschisma compressum <small>Adams, 1850</small>
- Macroschisma cuspidata (sic): synonym of Macroschisma cuspidatum <small>Adams, 1851</small>
- Macroschisma dilatata (sic): synonym of Macroschisma dilatatum <small>Adams, 1851</small>
- Macroschisma magathura (sic): synonym of Macroschisma megatrema <small>Adams, 1851</small>
- Macroschisma maxima [sic] : synonym of Macroschisma maximum <small>Adams, 1851</small>
- Macroschisma munita (sic): synonym of Macroschisma munitum <small>(Iredale, 1940)</small>
- Macroschisma producta (sic): synonym of Macroschisma productum <small>Adams, 1850</small>
- Macroschisma sinensis [sic] : synonym of Macroschisma sinense <small>Adams, 1855</small>
References
- Cotton, B. C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. W.L. Hawes, Adelaide.. 449 pp., 1 pl.
- Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962]. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0
- Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne University Press and National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne. xv, 475
- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
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