Fissurella rubropicta
Fissurella rubropicta | |
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Top view of a shell of Fissurella rubropicta | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Fissurella |
Species: | F. rubropicta |
Binomial name | |
Fissurella rubropicta Pilsbry, 1890 | |
Fissurella rubropicta 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 reaches 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico and Costa Rica.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2012). Fissurella rubropicta Pilsbry, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575124 on 2012-12-31
- ↑ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External links
External identifiers for Fissurella rubropicta | |
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ITIS | 69644 |
WoRMS | 575124 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species
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