Macroschisma

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Macrochisma tasmaniae 002.jpg |image_caption = ''Macroschisma tasmaniae'' |taxon = Macroschisma |authority = Gray, 1835{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = *''Dolichoschisma'' Iredale, 1940 *''Forolepas'' Iredale, 1940 *''Macroschisma'' Agassiz, 1846 * ''Machrochisma'' (misspelling) * ''Macrochisma'' [sic] (misspelling) |type_species = ''Patella macroschisma'' |type_species_authority = Lightfoot, 1786 |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''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.<ref name="WoRMS">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 2012-12-31</ref><ref>Nomenclator Zoologicus</ref>

==Species== Species within the genus ''Macroschisma'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" /> *''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) thumb|225px|''Macroschisma munitum'' ;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== {{Reflist}} * 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== {{Commons category|Macroschisma}} * [https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 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] *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=173514&lvl=0 To GenBank ] *[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=331085 To ITIS] *[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205990 To World Register of Marine Species]

* Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray