Fissurella oriens
| Fissurella oriens | |
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| Three shells of Fissurella oriens oriens (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. oriens |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Fissurella oriens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
There are two subspecies known :
- Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
- Fissurella oriens oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the Falkland Islands and Isla Chiloé, Chile
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
Pacific Ocean along Chile.
References
- 1 2 Fissurella oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
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) oriens oriens; accessed : 21 April 2011
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