Fissurella subrostrata
| Fissurella subrostrata | |
|---|---|
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| Shell of Fissurella subrostrata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. subrostrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella subrostrata Gray in Sowerby, 1835 | |
Fissurella subrostrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell reaches 30 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found along St Vincent, the West Indies.
References
- ^ Fissurella subrostrata Gray in Sowerby I, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
External links
- Sowerby, G.B. I (1834–1835). he Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London: privately published. p. 73. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- Petit, R.E. (2009). "George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa". Zootaxa. 2189.
- "Fissurella subrostrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.