Fissurella verna
| Fissurella verna | |
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| Top view of the shell of Fissurella verna (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. verna
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella verna Gould, 1846
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Fissurella verna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description[edit]
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 51 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fissurella verna Gould, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella verna.
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) verna". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.