Fissurella pulchra

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

Fissurella pulchra
Two shells of Fissurella pulchra (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. pulchra
Binomial name
Fissurella pulchra
Sowerby, 1834

Description

The size of the shell attains 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Chile.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella pulchra G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570521 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.
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
  • To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Fissurella pulchra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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