Fissurella picta

Fissurella picta
Top and bottom view of a shell of Fissurella picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. picta
Binomial name
Fissurella picta
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella atrata Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella lata G.B. Sowerby I, 1835
  • Fissurella muricata Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella radiola Deshayes, 1830 (synonymy based on D. Zelaya
  • Fissurella navidensis Ramirez-Boehme, 1974
  • Patella picta Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)

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

Two subspecies :

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Ecuador and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Falkland Islands.

References

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