Octomarginula ostheimerae is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.Bouchet, P. (2012). Octomarginula ostheimerae (Abbott, 1958). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585745 on 2012-12-31
This species was named by R. Tucker Abbott in 1958, in his publication on the marine mollusks of the island of Grand Cayman.Abbott, R. T. 1958. The marine mollusks of Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: [viii] + 138 pp., 5 pls. 31 Dec But by 1974, in his book American Seashells, Abbott had decided that the shell was simply a juvenile of what is now called Montfortia emarginata. However, the species was re-instated by James McLean in a 2011 monograph on the subfamily Emarginulinae.McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
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External links World Register of Marine Species