Fissurella costata
Species of gastropod
Fissurella costata | |
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Top view of a shell of Fissurella costata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Fissurella |
Species: | F. costata |
Binomial name | |
Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Fissurella costata, common name : the costate keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.
Distribution
This species is present in the southeastern coast of Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile. They live on the rocky intertidal substrate.[2]
References
- ^ a b Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
- ^ Olivares-Paz, Alberto; Quinteiro, Javier; Rey-Méndez, Manuel (December 2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the species from the subgenus Fissurella (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda) found on the Chilean coast". Revista de biología marina y oceanografía. 46 (3): 339–348. doi:10.4067/S0718-19572011000300005. ISSN 0718-1957.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella costata.
- 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, p. 49. (29 October 1984) Archived 2 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) costata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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