Fissurella costata

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Fissurella costata
Top view of a shell of Fissurella costata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. costata
Binomial name
Fissurella costata
Lesson, 1831
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella chilensis Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella costata var. rubra Ziegenhorn & Thiem, 1925
  • Fissurella rudis Deshayes, 1830 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Patella rudis Röding, 1798)
  • Tugali chilensis Sowerby, 1835

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

Description[edit]

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.

External links[edit]

  • McLean J.H. (1984) Systematics of Fissurella in the Peruvian and Magellanic faunal provinces (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 354: 1–70, p. 49. (29 October 1984) Archived 2 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  • "Fissurella (Fissurella) costata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.