Fissurella nodosa
| Fissurella nodosa | |
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| Fissurella nodosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. nodosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Patella rudis Röding, 1798 | |
Fissurella nodosa, commonly known as the knobbed 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 20 mm and 44 mm.
Distribution[edit]
F. nodosa is endemic to the Florida Keys, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
- ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 25.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 58
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella nodosa.
- 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. (29 October 1984 Archived 2 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- "Fissurella (Cremides) nodosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.