Fissurella latimarginata

Fissurella latimarginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Fissurella latimarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Subfamily:
Fissurellinae
Genus:
Fissurella
Species:
F. latimarginata
Binomial name
Fissurella latimarginata
Sowerby, 1835
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella bella Reeve, 1849
  • Fissurella biradiata Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella galericulum Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella punctatissima Pilsbry, 1890

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

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

References
  1. Fissurella latimarginata G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
Fissurella latimarginata, view from beneath
  • 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) latimarginata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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