Fissurella punctata

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Fissurella punctata
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Three shells of Fissurella punctata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. punctata
Binomial name
Fissurella punctata
Pérez Farfante, 1943 [1]
Synonyms

Fissurella punctata var. roseaNowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969

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Fissurella punctata [1] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 14 mm and 27 mm, rarely exceeding 25 mm in length. Shape of the shell is broadly oval, with both ends raised and lateral slopes slightly convex, while the posterior and short anterior are straight or slightly concave. The shell has approximately 55 radiating rounded ribs that widen towards the margin and are separated by grooves. Color is described as pale straw or white with variable red rays. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, USA and the Bahamas; off Antigua.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Pérez Farfante, Isabel (1943). "The genera Fissurella, Lucapina and Lucapinella in the Western Atlantic". Johnsonia. 1 (10): 12–13 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurella punctata Pérez Farfante, 1943. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532848 on 2012-12-31


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