Fissurella coarctata
| Fissurella coarctata | |
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| Top view and basal view of a shell of Fissurella coarctata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. coarctata
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella coarctata King, 1832
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| Synonyms | |
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Fissurella taeniata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1867 | |
Fissurella coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The size of the shell attains 35 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes and Senegal.[1]
References
- ^ a b Fissurella coarctata King, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
External links
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) coarctata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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