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
Top view of a shell of Fissurella crassa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. crassa
Binomial name
Fissurella crassa
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella clypeiformis Sowerby, 1825
  • Fissurella depressa Lamarck, 1822

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Central Pacific to Peru and Chile; but not off the Galápagos Islands.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  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)
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  • 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.