Fissurella coarctata
| Fissurella coarctata | |
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| Top view and basal view of a shell of Fissurella coarctata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. coarctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella coarctata King & Broderip, 1831 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fissurella taeniata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1867 | |
Fissurella coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The size of the shell attains 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes and Senegal.
References
- ↑ Fissurella coarctata King & Broderip, 1831. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
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