Fissurella cumingi

Fissurella cumingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. cumingi
Binomial name
Fissurella cumingi
Reeve, 1849
Synonyms[1]

Fissurella stellata Reeve, 1850

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 80 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.

References

  1. ^ a b Fissurella cumingi Reeve, 1849 .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570478  on 21 April 2011.

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