Fissurella limbata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]
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| Shell of Fissurella limbata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. limbata
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella limbata Sowerby I, 1835
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Pacific from Peru to the Strait of Magelhaen.
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 70 mm.
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References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella limbata G.B. Sowerby I, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570515 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)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
External links
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- Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published
- 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 Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
- GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) limbata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.