Pupillaea aperta (G.B.Sowerby I, 1825) is a animal in the Fissurellidae family, order Lepetellida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Pupillaea aperta (G.B.Sowerby I, 1825)
Pupillaea aperta is a marine species with variable-sized flattened shells found along southern Africa’s coast.
The shell of Pupillaea aperta measures between 23 mm and 50 mm in size. This species has a flattened shell with an aperture located at its peak. Pupillaea aperta also shows variation in shell color. This marine species is distributed along the coast from Namibia to North Transkei, South Africa.
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Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & P.Fischer, 1864)
Scutus unguis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fissurella barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Hemitoma octoradiata (Gmelin, 1791)
Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Megathura crenulata (G.B.Sowerby I, 1825)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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