Fissurella maxima
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | F. maxima
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| Fissurella maxima G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
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Fissurella maxima, common name : the giant 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 60 and 138 millimeters.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Ecuador and Tierra del Fuego.
References
- ^ a b Fissurella maxima G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. 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) maxima; accessed : 21 April 2011
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