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Cosmetalepas
Shell of Cosmetalepas massieri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924
Type species
Fissurella concatenata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864

Cosmetalepas, common name the pitted keyhole limpets, is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Species

• Cosmetalepas africana Tomlin, 1926
• Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
• Cosmetalepas massieri Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2011
• Cosmetalepas scutellum (Gmelin)

Species brought into synonymy

• Cosmetalepas africanus  : synonym of Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)
• Cosmetalepas concatenatus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590893 on 2012-06-08
2. Zipcodezoo : Cosmetalepas
3. ^ Discover Life : Cosmetalepas
4. G. T. Poppe, S. P. Tagaro & J. C. Sarino (2011). "Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia". Visaya. 3 (4): 71–75.

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