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Fissurella verna

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Species of gastropod

Fissurella verna
Top view of the shell of Fissurella verna (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. verna
Binomial name
Fissurella verna
Gould, 1846

Fissurella verna 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 20 mm and 51 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2016)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.

References

  1. ^ Fissurella verna Gould, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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Taxon identifiers
Fissurella verna


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