Fissurella picta
| Fissurella picta | |
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| Top and bottom view of a shell of Fissurella picta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Fissurella picta, common name : the painted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Two subspecies :
- Fissurella picta lata G.B. Sowerby I, 1835
- Fissurella picta picta (Gmelin, 1791)
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 100 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Ecuador and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Falkland Islands.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 36
External links
- 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)
- Gastropods.com : Fissurella (Fissurella) picta; accessed : 21 April 2011
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