Fissurella crassa, common name the thick keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Fissurella crassa | |
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Top view of a shell of Fissurella crassa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
Genus: | Fissurella |
Species: | F. crassa
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Binomial name | |
Fissurella crassa Lamarck, 1822
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Synonyms[1] | |
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 90 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Central Pacific to Peru and Chile; but not off the Galápagos Islands.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella crassa Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570517 on 2012-12-31
- ^ 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 links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella crassa.
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (59 publications)
- GenBank (14 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) crassa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.