Fissurella nigra
Appearance
Fissurella nigra | |
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Two views of a shell of Fissurella nigra (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
Genus: | Fissurella |
Species: | F. nigra
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Binomial name | |
Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Fissurella nigra, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 110 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Paru to the Strait of Magellan (but not off the Galapagos Islands)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532846 on 2012-12-31
- ^ 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)
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella nigra.
- Antarctic Invertebrates
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) nigra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.