Fissurella limbata

Fissurella limbata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]

Fissurella limbata
Shell of Fissurella limbata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. limbata
Binomial name
Fissurella limbata
Sowerby I, 1835
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella limbata var. multilineata Ziegenhorn & Thiem, 1925

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Peru to the Strait of Magelhaen.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 70 mm.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella limbata G.B. Sowerby I, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570515 on 2012-12-31
  2. 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)
  3. Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.


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