Fissurella nodosa

Fissurella nodosa, commonly known as the knobbed keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Fissurella nodosa
Fissurella nodosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Subfamily:
Fissurellinae
Genus:
Fissurella
Species:
F. nodosa
Binomial name
Fissurella nodosa
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]

Patella rudis Röding, 1798

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

F. nodosa is endemic to the Florida Keys, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies.[2]


References
  1. Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  2. Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 25.
  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 58
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • 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. (29 October 1984
  • "Fissurella (Cremides) nodosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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