Fissurella bridgesii

Fissurella bridgesii
Top view of a shell of Fissurella bridgesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. bridgesii
Binomial name
Fissurella bridgesii
Reeve, 1849

Fissurella bridgesii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Central Chile.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella bridgesii Reeve, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570520 on 2012-12-31
  2. McLean J.H. (1984) Systematics of Fissurella in the Peruvian and Magellanic faunal provinces (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 354: 1-70. (29 October 1984)
External identifiers for Fissurella bridgesii
WoRMS 570520


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