Fissurisepta festiva

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Fissurisepta festiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurisepta
Species: F. festiva
Binomial name
Fissurisepta festiva
Crozier, 1966

Fissurisepta festiva is a species of keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, north of Three Kings Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This keyhole limpet is found at depths of about 800 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is small, delicate, smooth, laterally compressed, very tall, with straight tapered sides. The perforation is apical, oval, with irregular sides. The internal septum is nearly vertical, and running two-thirds of the length of the shell.

Coloration is white.

The shell height is up to 5.3 mm, width up to 3.2 mm, and length up to 5.1 mm.

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