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Fissurella rosea
Fissurella rosea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. rosea
Binomial name
Fissurella rosea (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Fissurella huttoni Suter, 1906 Fissurella lilacina Lamarck, 1822 Fissurella squamosa Hutton, 1873 Fissurella (Cremides) rosea (Gmelin, 1791) Fissurella sculpta Pilsbry, 1890 Lucapina itapema Ihering, H. von, 1927 Patella rubeola Röding, 1798

Fissurella rosea, common name the rosy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 40 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil.

References

1. Fissurella rosea (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.

External links

• "Fissurella (Cremides) rosea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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