Fissurella nigra

Fissurella nigra, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Fissurella nigra
Two views of a shell of Fissurella nigra (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. nigra
Binomial name
Fissurella nigra
Lesson, 1831
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella grandis Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella violacea Rathke, 1833

Description

The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 110 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Paru to the Strait of Magellan (but not off the Galapagos Islands)

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532846 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)
  • To Antarctic Invertebrates
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Fissurella (Fissurella) nigra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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