Cornisepta microphyma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Cornisepta microphyma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Cornisepta
Species:
C. microphyma
Binomial name
Cornisepta microphyma
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurisepta microphyma (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  • Puncturella microphyma Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896

Description

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The shell grows to a height of 6 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and on the Galicia Bank (Northeast Atlantic Ocean)

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