Cosmetalepas

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.^[1]

Cosmetalepas
Shell of Cosmetalepas massieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924
Type species
Fissurella concatenata Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864

Species

• Cosmetalepas africana Tomlin, 1926 ^[2]
• Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864) ^[3]
• Cosmetalepas massieri Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2011 ^[4]
• Cosmetalepas scutellum (Gmelin) ^[3]

Species brought into synonymy

• Cosmetalepas africanus [sic] : synonym of Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)
• Cosmetalepas concatenatus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864): synonym of Cosmetalepas concatenata (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)