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Fissurella picta

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Fissurella picta
Top and bottom view of a shell of Fissurella picta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. picta
Binomial name
Fissurella picta
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella atrata Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella lata Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella muricata Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella radiola Deshayes, 1830 (synonymy based on D. Zelaya
  • Fissurella navidensis Ramirez-Boehme, 1974
  • Patella picta Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)

Fissurella picta, common name: the painted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Two subspecies:

  • Fissurella picta lata Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella picta picta (Gmelin, 1791)

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 35mm and 100mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Ecuador and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Falkland Islands.

References

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  1. ^ a b Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  • Ramírez-Böhme [= Ramírez Boehme] J. (1974) Nuevas especies chilenas de Lucapina, Fissurella y Collisella (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Boletin, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural [Santiago de Chile] 33: 15-34
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 36
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