Biology:Fissurella coarctata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Fissurella coarctata | |
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| Top view and basal view of a shell of Fissurella coarctata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. coarctata
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella coarctata King, 1832[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Fissurella taeniata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1867 | |
Fissurella coarctata, also known as the compressed keyhole limpet,[2] is a species of marine gastropod in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2][3]
Description
The size of the shell attains 40 mm.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde and Senegal.[2]
References
- ↑ King, P.P. (1832). "Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego". Zoological Journal 5: 332–349 [339]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657695.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Palomares, M. L. D. and Pauly, D., eds. (2022). "Fissurella coarctata" in SeaLifeBase. December 2022 version.
- ↑ "Fissurella coarctata King, 1832". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224281.
External links
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) coarctata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_14217.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5455255 entry
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