# Macroschisma

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

'''''Macroschisma''''', commonly called the '''narrow slot limpets''', is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Fissurellidae](/source/Fissurellidae), the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Macroschisma'' Gray, 1835. Accessed through:  [World Register of Marine Species](/source/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](/source/Macroschisma_africanum)'' <small>[Tomlin](/source/John_Read_le_Brockton_Tomlin), 1932</small>
* ''[Macroschisma angustatum](/source/Macroschisma_angustatum)'' <small>A. Adams, 1851</small>
*''[Macroschisma bakiei](/source/Macroschisma_bakiei)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)) in Sowerby, 1862</small>
*''[Macroschisma compressum](/source/Macroschisma_compressum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1850</small>
*''[Macroschisma cuspidatum](/source/Macroschisma_cuspidatum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1851</small>
*''[Macroschisma dilatatum](/source/Macroschisma_dilatatum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1851</small>
*''[Macroschisma elegans](/source/Macroschisma_elegans)'' <small>Preston, 1908</small>
* ''[Macroschisma hiatula](/source/Macroschisma_hiatula)'' <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
* ''[Macroschisma madreporaria](/source/Macroschisma_madreporaria)'' <small>Hedley, 1907</small>
*''[Macroschisma maximum](/source/Macroschisma_maximum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1851</small>
*''[Macroschisma megatrema](/source/Macroschisma_megatrema)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1851</small>
*''[Macroschisma munitum](/source/Macroschisma_munitum)'' <small>([Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1940)</small>
*''[Macroschisma productum](/source/Macroschisma_productum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1850</small>
*''[Macroschisma rubrum](/source/Macroschisma_rubrum)'' <small>Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small> 
* ''[Macroschisma scutiformis](/source/Macroschisma_scutiformis)'' <small>G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869</small>
*''[Macroschisma sinense](/source/Macroschisma_sinense)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1855</small>
*''[Macroschisma tasmaniae](/source/Macroschisma_tasmaniae)'' <small>([Sowerby II](/source/George_Brettingham_Sowerby_II), 1862)</small>
thumb|225px|''Macroschisma munitum''
;Species brought into synonymy:
*''Macroschisma africana'' (sic): synonym of ''[Macroschisma africanum](/source/Macroschisma_africanum)'' <small>[Tomlin](/source/John_Read_le_Brockton_Tomlin), 1932</small>
*''Macroschisma canalifera'' <small>([Nevill](/source/Geoffrey_Nevill_(malacologist)) & H. Nevill, 1869)</small>: synonym of ''[Lucapinella canalifera](/source/Lucapinella_canalifera)'' <small>(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)</small>
*''Macroschisma compressa'' (sic): synonym of ''[Macroschisma compressum](/source/Macroschisma_compressum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1850</small>
*''Macroschisma cuspidata'' (sic): synonym of ''[Macroschisma cuspidatum](/source/Macroschisma_cuspidatum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1851</small>
*''Macroschisma dilatata'' (sic): synonym of ''[Macroschisma dilatatum](/source/Macroschisma_dilatatum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1851</small>
*''Macroschisma magathura'' (sic): synonym of ''[Macroschisma megatrema](/source/Macroschisma_megatrema)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1851</small>
*''Macroschisma maxima'' [sic] : synonym of ''[Macroschisma maximum](/source/Macroschisma_maximum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1851</small>
*''Macroschisma munita'' (sic): synonym of ''[Macroschisma munitum](/source/Macroschisma_munitum)'' <small>([Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1940)</small>
*''Macroschisma producta'' (sic): synonym of  ''[Macroschisma productum](/source/Macroschisma_productum)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1850</small>
*''Macroschisma sinensis'' [sic] : synonym of ''[Macroschisma sinense](/source/Macroschisma_sinense)'' <small>[Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1855</small>

==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]

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