Fissurella angusta | |
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Shells of Fissurella angusta (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Fissurella |
Species: | F. angusta |
Binomial name | |
Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791) |
Fissurella angusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, off the Lesser Antilles and Hispaniola.
References
- Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Fissurella angusta |
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