Fissurella limbata

Fissurella limbata
Shell of Fissurella limbata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. limbata
Binomial name
Fissurella limbata
Sowerby I, 1835
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella limbata var. multilineata Ziegenhorn & Thiem, 1925

Fissurella limbata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Peru to the Strait of Magelhaen.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 70 mm.

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella limbata G.B. Sowerby I, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570515 on 2012-12-31
  2. ^ "McLean J.H. (1984) Systematics of Fissurella in the Peruvian and Magellanic faunal provinces (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 354: 1-70. (29 October 1984)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ^ Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
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