Fissurellidea patagonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurellidea |
| Species: | F. patagonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurellidea patagonica | |
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Description
editThe size of the shell reaches 22. 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay to Tierra del Fuego; off the Falklands
References
edit- ^ Strebel, H. 1907. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 5. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 25: 79-196, pls. 1-8.
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidea patagonica (Strebel, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532851 on 2012-12-31
- ^ McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Fissurellidea patagonica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.