Fissurella
Sign in to saveFissurella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fissurellinae of the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLepetellida
- FamilyFissurellidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,297
- With media
- 84
- Family
- Fissurellidae
- Collections
- PRI, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, LACM
- Recorded in
- Chile, Ecuador, United States, Australia, South Africa, Canada, Netherlands Antilles, Panama
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Fissurella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fissurellinae of the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
==Description== The size of the body does not exceed or marginally exceeds that of the shell. The outer radular plate has four cusps. The propodium (= the anterior end of the foot) has no tentacles.
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