Fissurella rosea

Fissurella rosea
	Fissurella rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. rosea
Binomial name
	Fissurella rosea; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Fissurella huttoni Suter, 1906; Fissurella lilacina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822; Fissurella squamosa Hutton, 1873; Fissurella (Cremides) rosea (Gmelin, 1791); Fissurella sculpta Pilsbry, H.A., 1890; Lucapina itapema Ihering, H. von, 1927 ; Patella rubeola Röding, P.F., 1798;

Fissurella rosea, common name the rosy 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 17 mm and 40 mm.

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brasil.

Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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