Fissurella volcano

Fissurella volcano
A shell of Fissurella volcano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. volcano
Binomial name
Fissurella volcano
Reeve, 1849

Fissurella volcano, common name the "volcano limpet" or "volcano keyhole limpet", is a species of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

This species occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean, where it is found in the intertidal zone on the underside of rocks. The distribution is California and Baja California.

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