Fissurella costata
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Top view of a shell of Fissurella costata | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | F. costata
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Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831
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Fissurella costata, common name : the costate keyhole limpet, 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 25 mm and 90 mm.
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Peru and Chile.
References
- ^ a b Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831. 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)
- Gastropods.com : Fissurella (Fissurella) costata; accessed : 21 April 2011
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