Fissurella oriens
Appearance
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Three shells of Fissurella oriens oriens (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | F. oriens
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Fissurella oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
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Fissurella oriens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
There are two subspecies known :
- Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
- Fissurella oriens oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the Falkland Islands and Isla Chiloé, Chile
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
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Distribution
Pacific Ocean along Chile.
References
- ^ a b Fissurella oriens 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) oriens oriens; accessed : 21 April 2011
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