Fissurella limbata

Fissurella limbata
Shell of Fissurella limbata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. limbata
Binomial name
Fissurella limbata Sowerby I, 1835
Synonyms
Fissurella limbata var. multilineata Ziegenhorn & Thiem, 1925

Fissurella limbata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Peru to the Strait of Magelhaen.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 70 mm.

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References

External links

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• Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published
• 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 Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
• Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
• GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
• World Register of Marine Species
• "Fissurella (Fissurella) limbata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.