Fissurella radiosa

Fissurella radiosa
Fissurella radiosa tixierae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. radiosa
Binomial name
Fissurella radiosa Lesson, 1831
Synonyms[1]
Fissurella darwinii Reeve, 1849 Fissurella dozei Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885 Fissurella exquisita Reeve, 1850 Fissurella grisea Reeve, 1849 Fissurella nigra Philippi, 1845 (Invalid: junior homonym of Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831; Fissurella philippii is a replacement name) Fissurella philippiana Reeve, 1850 Fissurella philippii Hupé, 1854 Fissurella polygona G.B. Sowerby II, 1862 Fissurella tixierae Métivier, 1969

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

Two subspecies :

• Fissurella radiosa radiosa Lesson, 1831
• Fissurella radiosa tixierae Métivier, 1969

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Falkland islands and the Straits of Magellan of Argentina and Tierra del Fuego.

Gallery

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  Fissurella radiosa tixierae The view of a specimen from below.

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  Fissurella radiosa tixierae The same specimen, with a view from the side.

References

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. (29 October 1984]
• gastropods.com : Fissurella (Fissurella) radiosa radiosa; accessed : 21 April 2011