Biology:Fissurella nodosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Fissurella nodosa
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Fissurella nodosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. nodosa
Binomial name
Fissurella nodosa
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]

Patella rudis Röding, 1798

Fissurella nodosa, commonly known as the knobbed keyhole limpet, 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 varies between 20 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

F. nodosa is endemic to the Florida Keys, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  2. Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 25.
  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 58
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3140825 entry