Fissurella natalensis

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Fissurella natalensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. natalensis
Binomial name
Fissurella natalensis
Krauss, 1848
Synonyms [1]

Diodora natalensis(Krauss, 1848)

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

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216281 on 21 August 2012