Fissurella oriens

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Fissurella oriens
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Three shells of Fissurella oriens oriens (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. oriens
Binomial name
Fissurella oriens
Sowerby I, 1834
Synonyms [1]
  • Fissurella narpiN. Rojas y D. Jara, 2014
  • Fissurella albaPhilippi, 1845
  • Fissurella arenicolaRochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Fissurella australisPhilippi, 1845
  • Fissurella cheullinaRamirez-Boehme, 1974
  • Fissurella doellojuradoiPerez-Farfante, 1952
  • Fissurella flavidaPhilippi, 1857
  • Fissurella fulvescens Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella hedeiaRochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Fissurella mexicana Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella oblongaRamirez-Boehme, 1974

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

Contents

There are two subspecies known :

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

Pacific Ocean along Chile.

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