{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Cosmetalepas massieri (MNHN-IM-2000-25048).jpeg |image_caption = Shell of ''Cosmetalepas massieri'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Cosmetalepas |authority = Iredale, 1924 |type_species = ''Fissurella concatenata'' |type_species_authority = 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.<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>
==Species== *'' Cosmetalepas africana'' <small>Tomlin, 1926</small> <ref>[http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Cosmetalepas_africana/ Zipcodezoo : Cosmetalepas]</ref> * ''Cosmetalepas concatenata'' <small>(Crosse & Fischer, 1864)</small> <ref name="Discover Life : Cosmetalepas">[http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Cosmetalepas Discover Life : Cosmetalepas]</ref> * ''Cosmetalepas massieri'' <small>Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2011</small> <ref name="Poppe_Namibia">{{cite journal |author=G. T. Poppe, S. P. Tagaro & J. C. Sarino |year=2011 |title=Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia |journal=Visaya |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=71–75}}</ref> * ''Cosmetalepas scutellum'' <small>(Gmelin)</small> <ref name="Discover Life : Cosmetalepas"/> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Cosmetalepas africanus'' [sic] : synonym of ''Cosmetalepas africana'' <small>(Tomlin, 1926)</small> * ''Cosmetalepas concatenatus'' (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of ''Cosmetalepas concatenata'' <small>(Crosse & Fischer, 1864)</small>
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Category:Fissurellidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Tom Iredale
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