Fissurella picta
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Top and bottom view of a shell of Fissurella picta | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | F. picta
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Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791)
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Fissurella picta, common name : the painted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Two subspecies :
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 100 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Ecuador and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Falkland Islands.
References
- ^ a b Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 36
External links
- 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, p. 49. (29 October 1984)
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) picta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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