Fissurella costata

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

Fissurella costata
Top view of a shell of Fissurella costata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. costata
Binomial name
Fissurella costata
Lesson, 1831
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella chilensis Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella costata var. rubra Ziegenhorn & Thiem, 1925
  • Fissurella rudis Deshayes, 1830 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Patella rudis Röding, 1798)
  • Tugali chilensis Sowerby, 1835

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

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

References
  1. Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  • 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)
  • "Fissurella (Fissurella) costata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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