Fissurella verna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Fissurella verna | |
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Top view of the shell of Fissurella verna (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Fissurella |
Species: | F. verna
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Binomial name | |
Fissurella verna Gould, 1846
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 51 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Fissurella verna Gould, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella verna.
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) verna". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.