Fissurella
Fissurella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Ecology
Like all other fissurellids, Fissurella species are herbivores, using the radula to scrape up algae from the surface of rocks.
Water for respiration and excretion is drawn in under the edge of the shell and exits through the "keyhole" at the apex.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Fissurella [2]
- Fissurella afra Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849
- Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Fissurella barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Fissurella barbouri Pérez Farfante, 1943
- Fissurella bravensis F. Salvat, 1967
- Fissurella bridgesii Reeve, 1849
- Fissurella coarctata King & Broderip, 1831
- Fissurella costata R. P. Lesson, 1830 Southwest America
- Fissurella crassa J. B. Lamarck, 1822 Arctic
- Fissurella cumingi L. A. Reeve, 1849 Chile
- Fissurella emmanuelae Métivier, 1970
- Fissurella fascicularis Lamarck, 1822
- Fissurella fischeri F. Salvat, 1967
- Fissurella formosa F. Salvat, 1967
- Fissurella gaillardi F. Salvat, 1967
- Fissurella latimarginata Sowerby, 1835 Chile
- Fissurella limbata Sowerby, 1835 Chile
- Fissurella maxima Sowerby, 1835 West America
- Fissurella mesoatlantica Simone, 2008
- Fissurella mutabilis Sowerby, 1834
- Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831
- Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778)
- Fissurella nubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Fissurella oriens Sowerby I, 1835
- Fissurella peruviana J. B. Lamarck, 1822 Southeast Pacific
- Fissurella peruviana occidens A. A. Gould , Southeast Pacific
- Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Fissurella radiosa Lesson, 1831
- Fissurella radiosa radiosa Lesson, 1831
- Fissurella radiosa tixierae Métivier, 1969
- Fissurella rosea (Gmelin, 1791)
- Fissurella salvatiana Christiaens, 1982
- Fissurella schrammii P. Fischer, 1857
- Fissurella subrostrata Sowerby I, 1835
- Fissurella verna Gould, 1846
- Fissurella volcano Reeve, 1849
Western Atlantic species in this genus include: [1]
- Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Fissurella punctata Pérez Farfante, 1943
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following species to the list [3]
- Fissurella cyathulum Reeve, 1850
- Fissurella delicata Smith, 1899
- Fissurella excelsa Adams & Reeve, 1850
- Fissurella gibberula Reeve, 1850
- Fissurella sibogae Schepman, 1908
The following species are also mentioned by Schooner specimen shells. This list may contain synonyms.
- Fissurella asperella Sowerby, 1835 West America
- Fissurella clenchi Pérez Farfante, 1943 America
- Fissurella decemcostata F. S. Mclean, 1970 West America
- Fissurella deroyae F. S. Mclean, 1970 West America
- Fissurella gemmata C. T. Menke, 1847 West America
- Fissurella gemmulata L. A. Reeve, 1850 Puerto Rico
- Fissurella glaucopsis L. A. Reeve, 1850 Cape Verde
- Fissurella humphreysi L. A. Reeve, 1850 Cape Verde
- Fissurella longifissa Sowerby, 1863 West America
- Fissurella macrotrema Sowerby, 1863 West America : synonym of F. virescens [4]
- Fissurella morrisoni F. S. Mclean, 1970 West America
- Fissurella nigrocincta P. P. Carpenter, 1856 West America
- Fissurella nodosa crusoe Pérez Farfante, Trinidad
- Fissurella obscura Sowerby, 1835 West America
- Fissurella philippiana R. W. Dunker, 1853 Cape Verde : synonym of Fissurella radiosa Lesson, 1831
- Fissurella punctatissima H. A. Pilsbry, 1890 Chile : synonym of Fissurella latimarginata G.B. Sowerby I, 1835
- Fissurella rubropicta H. A. Pilsbry, 1890 West America
- Fissurella salebrosa L. A. Reeve, 1850 Red Sea
- Fissurella spongiosa P. P. Carpenter, 1857 West America
- Fissurella stellata L. A. Reeve, 1850 Chile : synonym of Fissurella cumingi Reeve, 1849
- Fissurella virescens Sowerby, 1835 West America
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