Fissurella picta

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Fissurella picta
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Top and bottom view of a shell of Fissurella picta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. picta
Binomial name
Fissurella picta
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Fissurella atrata Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella lata Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella muricata Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella radiola Deshayes, 1830 (synonymy based on D. Zelaya
  • Fissurella navidensisRamirez-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]

Contents

Two subspecies:

Description

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

Distribution

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

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