Biology:Fissurella limbata

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Short description: Species of limpet from the Pacific

Fissurella limbata
Fissurella limbata 001.jpg
Shell of Fissurella limbata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5455265 entry