Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Lepetellida > Superfamily Fissurelloidea > Family Fissurellidae > Subfamily Emarginulinae > Genus Emarginula

Emarginula fissura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Emarginula*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Semperia*	Crosse, 1867	synonym

Species group names

*Emarginula conica*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Emarginula conica*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Emarginula elata*	Libassi, 1859	synonym
*Emarginula emendata*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1863	synonym
*Emarginula fissura var. elata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Emarginula fissura var. incurva*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Emarginula fissura var. subdepressa*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Emarginula intervecta*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Emarginula laevis*	Récluz, 1843	synonym
*Emarginula muelleri*	Forbes & Hanley, 1849	synonym
*Emarginula reticulata*	J. Sowerby, 1813	synonym
*Emarginula tenuis*	Récluz, 1843	synonym
*Patella fissura*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Semperia emendata*	(G. B. Sowerby II, 1863)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: slidset albueskæl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: geruite napslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: slit limpet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: emarginule sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Ausschnittsschnecke; Geschlitzte Napfschnecke; Schlitzschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: hjelmsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: hjelmsnigel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: slitsskalsnäcka

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Emarginula fissura (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139959

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EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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