Fissurella nubecula

Fissurella nubecula

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. nubecula
Binomial name
*Fissurella nubecula* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Fissurella cinnabrina Costa O.G., 1839 Fissurella lilacina Costa O.G., 1839 Fissurella mondelloensis de Gregorio, 1885 Fissurella nubecula var. elliptica Pallary, 1900 Fissurella philippii Requien, 1848 Fissurella viridis Costa O.G., 1839 Patella nubecula Linnaeus, 1758 Patella rosea Gmelin, 1791

Fissurella nubecula, common name the cloudy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, West Africa and Angola.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180-213

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