Macrochisma
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Macrochisma is a genus
Genus
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 of sea snail
Sea snail
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s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Species

Species within the genus Macrochisma include:
  • Macrochisma africana
    Macrochisma africana
    Macrochisma africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....

    Tomlin, 1926
  • Macrochisma compressa
    Macrochisma compressa
    Macrochisma compressa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....

    A. Adams, 1850
  • Macrochisma magathura
    Macrochisma magathura
    Macrochisma magathura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....

    A. Adams 1850
  • Macrochisma producta
    Macrochisma producta
    Macrochisma producta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....

    A. Adams, 1850
  • Macrochisma sinensis
    Macrochisma sinensis
    Macrochisma sinensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....

    A. Adams, 1855


The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use
  • Macrochisma angustata A. Adams, 1850
  • Macrochisma bakiei Adams in Sowerby, 1862
  • Macrochisma canalifera (G. & H. Nevill, 1869)
  • Macrochisma cuspidata A. Adams, 1851
  • Macrochisma dilatata A. Adams, 1851
  • Macrochisma elegans Preston, 1908
  • Macrochisma hiatula Swainson, 1840
  • Macrochisma madreporaria Hedley, 1907
  • Macrochisma munita (Iredale, 1940)
  • Macrochisma scutiformis G. & H. Nevill, 1869
  • Macrochisma tasmaniae (Sowerby, 1862)
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