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Fissurella pulchra

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Fissurella pulchra
Two shells of Fissurella pulchra (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. pulchra
Binomial name
Fissurella pulchra
Sowerby, 1834

Fissurella pulchra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]

Description

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The size of the shell attains 70 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Chile.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella pulchra G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570521 on 2012-12-31
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
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  • Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
  • GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Fissurella pulchra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.