Biology:Fissurella crassa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Fissurella crassa | |
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| Top view of a shell of Fissurella crassa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. crassa
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella crassa Lamarck, 1822
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Fissurella crassa, common name the thick keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 90 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Central Pacific to Peru and Chile ; but not off the Galápagos Islands.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella crassa Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570517 on 2012-12-31
- ↑ 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)
External links
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
- To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) crassa" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_943.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5455254 entry
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