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Fissurella cumingi

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Fissurella cumingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Subfamily:
Fissurellinae
Genus:
Fissurella
Species:
F. cumingi
Binomial name
Fissurella cumingi
Reeve, 1849
Synonyms[1]

Fissurella stellata Reeve, 1850

Fissurella cumingi 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 80 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.

References

  1. ^ a b Fissurella cumingi Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.

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) cumingi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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