Fissurella peruviana

Fissurella peruviana, common name : the Peruvian Keyhole Limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Fissurella peruviana
Shells of Fissurella peruviana (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. peruviana
Binomial name
Fissurella peruviana Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
Fissurella affinis Gray in Sowerby, 1835 Fissurella clypeus Sowerby, 1835 Fissurella occidens Gould, 1846 Fissurella papudana Ramirez-Boehme, 1974 Fissurella subrotunda Deshayes, 1830

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

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

References

1. Fissurella peruviana Lamarck, 1822 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.

• Ramírez-Böhme [= Ramírez Boehme] J. (1974) Nuevas especies chilenas de Lucapina, Fissurella y Collisella (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Boletin, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural [Santiago de Chile] 33: 15-34

External links

• Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published
• Sowerby, G. B., I. (1835). [Characters of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1834: 123–128]
• 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) peruviana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.