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Fissurella angusta

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Fissurella angusta
Shells of Fissurella angusta (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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F. angusta
Binomial name
Fissurella angusta
(Gmelin, 1791)

Fissurella angusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, off the Lesser Antilles and Hispaniola.

References

  1. ^ Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.