Fissurella coarctata
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Top view and basal view of a shell of Fissurella coarctata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | F. coarctata
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Fissurella coarctata King & Broderip, 1831
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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.
References
- ^ Fissurella coarctata King & Broderip, 1831. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
External links
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