Fissurella bravensis

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Fissurella bravensis
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Shell of Fissurella bravensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. bravensis
Binomial name
Fissurella bravensis
F. Salvat, 1967

Fissurella bravensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm (0.20 in).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape Verde. [1]

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