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Fissurella costata

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Fissurella costata
Top view of a shell of Fissurella costata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. costata
Binomial name
Fissurella costata
Lesson, 1831
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella chilensis Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella costata var. rubra Ziegenhorn & Thiem, 1925
  • Fissurella rudis Deshayes, 1830 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Patella rudis Röding, 1798)
  • Tugali chilensis Sowerby, 1835

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

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

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This species is present in the southeastern coast of Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile. They live on the rocky intertidal substrate.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  2. ^ Olivares-Paz, Alberto; Quinteiro, Javier; Rey-Méndez, Manuel (December 2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the species from the subgenus Fissurella (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda) found on the Chilean coast". Revista de biología marina y oceanografía. 46 (3): 339–348. doi:10.4067/S0718-19572011000300005. ISSN 0718-1957.
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