Fissurella nubecula

Fissurella nubecula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. nubecula
Binomial name
	Fissurella nubecula; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Fissurella cinnabrina Costa O.G., 1839; Fissurella lilacina Costa O.G., 1839; Fissurella mondelloensis de Gregorio, 1885; Fissurella nubecula var. elliptica Pallary, 1900; Fissurella philippii Requien, 1848; Fissurella viridis Costa O.G., 1839; Patella nubecula Linnaeus, 1758; Patella rosea Gmelin, 1791;

Fissurella nubecula, common name the cloudy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, West Africa and Angola.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180-213

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