Biology:Fissurella volcano
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Fissurella volcano | |
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| A shell of Fissurella volcano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. volcano
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella volcano Reeve, 1849
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Fissurella volcano, commonly named the volcano limpet or volcano keyhole limpet, is a species of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1] Like other members of the keyhole limpet family, the volcano limpet is not considered a "true" limpet.
Adults measure up to approximately 2.5-4.1 cm with a keyhole-shaped pore on the apex of its conical shell. They feed on benthic microalgae and potentially some macroalgal, or seaweed, fronds.[2]
This species occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean, where it is found in the intertidal zone on the underside of rocks. The distribution is California and Baja California.
References
- ↑ Reynoso-Granados, Teodoro; Monsalvo-Spencer, Pablo; Serviere-Zaragoza, Elisa; Guzmán Del Próo, Sergio A (April 2007). "LARVAL AND EARLY JUVENILE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOLCANO KEYHOLE LIMPET, FISSURELLA VOLCANO" (in en). Journal of Shellfish Research 26 (1): 65–70. doi:10.2983/0730-8000(2007)26[43:LAEJDO2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0730-8000. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2983/0730-8000%282007%2926%5B43%3ALAEJDO%5D2.0.CO%3B2.
- ↑ León-Cisneros, Karla; Mazariegos-Villarreal, Alejandra; Miranda-Saucedo, Claudia M.; Argumedo-Hernández, Uri; Siqueiros-Beltrones, David; Serviere-Zaragoza, Elisa (January 2017). "Diet of the Volcano Keyhole Limpet Fissurella volcano (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) in Subtropical Rocky Reefs of the Baja California Peninsula" (in en). Pacific Science 71 (1): 57–66. doi:10.2984/71.1.5. ISSN 0030-8870. http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.2984/71.1.5.
External links
- "Volcano Limpet". Coal Oil Point Reserve. https://copr.nrs.ucsb.edu/natural-resources/invertebrates/volcano-limpet. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q3174424 entry
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