Macroschisma, commonly called the narrow slot limpets, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.Bouchet, P. (2012). Macroschisma Gray, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205990 on 2012-12-31Nomenclator Zoologicus
Species Species within the genus Macroschisma include: Macroschisma africanum Tomlin, 1932 Macroschisma angustatum A. Adams, 1851 Macroschisma bakiei Adams in Sowerby, 1862 Macroschisma compressum Adams, 1850 Macroschisma cuspidatum Adams, 1851 Macroschisma dilatatum Adams, 1851 Macroschisma elegans Preston, 1908 Macroschisma hiatula Swainson, 1840 Macroschisma madreporaria Hedley, 1907 Macroschisma maximum Adams, 1851 Macroschisma megatrema Adams, 1851 Macroschisma munitum (Iredale, 1940) Macroschisma productum Adams, 1850 Macroschisma rubrum Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015 Macroschisma scutiformis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869 Macroschisma sinense Adams, 1855 Macroschisma tasmaniae (Sowerby II, 1862)
Species brought into synonymy Macroschisma africana (sic): synonym of Macroschisma africanum Tomlin, 1932 Macroschisma canalifera (Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869): synonym of Lucapinella canalifera (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) Macroschisma compressa (sic): synonym of Macroschisma compressum Adams, 1850 Macroschisma cuspidata (sic): synonym of Macroschisma cuspidatum Adams, 1851 Macroschisma dilatata (sic): synonym of Macroschisma dilatatum Adams, 1851 Macroschisma magathura (sic): synonym of Macroschisma megatrema Adams, 1851 Macroschisma maxima [sic] : synonym of Macroschisma maximum Adams, 1851 Macroschisma munita (sic): synonym of Macroschisma munitum (Iredale, 1940) Macroschisma producta (sic): synonym of Macroschisma productum Adams, 1850 Macroschisma sinensis [sic] : synonym of Macroschisma sinense Adams, 1855
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
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 To GenBank To ITIS To World Register of Marine Species