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Fissurella latimarginata

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Fissurella latimarginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. latimarginata
Binomial name
Fissurella latimarginata
Sowerby, 1835
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella bella Reeve, 1849
  • Fissurella biradiata Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella galericulum Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella punctatissima Pilsbry, 1890

Fissurella latimarginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile.

References

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  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
Fissurella latimarginata, view from beneath
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  • 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) Archived 2 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  • "Fissurella (Fissurella) latimarginata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.