Fissurella rosea

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Fissurella rosea
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Fissurella rosea
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. rosea
Binomial name
Fissurella rosea
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Fissurella huttoniSuter, 1906
  • Fissurella lilacina Lamarck, 1822
  • Fissurella squamosaHutton, 1873
  • Fissurella (Cremides) rosea(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Fissurella sculpta Pilsbry, 1890
  • Lucapina itapemaIhering, H. von, 1927
  • Patella rubeola Röding, 1798

Fissurella rosea, common name the rosy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil.

Fissurella rosea, basal view Fissurella rosea 001.jpg
Fissurella rosea, basal view

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