Fissurella oriens

Fissurella oriens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Fissurella oriens
Three shells of Fissurella oriens oriens (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Subfamily:
Fissurellinae
Genus:
Fissurella
Species:
F. oriens
Binomial name
Fissurella oriens
Sowerby, 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella narpi N. Rojas y D. Jara, 2014
  • Fissurella alba Philippi, 1845
  • Fissurella arenicola Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Fissurella australis Philippi, 1845
  • Fissurella cheullina Ramirez-Boehme, 1974
  • Fissurella doellojuradoi Perez-Farfante, 1952
  • Fissurella flavida Philippi, 1857
  • Fissurella fulvescens Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella hedeia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Fissurella mexicana Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella oblonga Ramirez-Boehme, 1974

There are two subspecies known :

  • Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
  • Fissurella oriens oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the Falkland Islands and Isla Chiloé, Chile

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

Pacific Ocean along Chile.

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References
  1. Fissurella oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  • 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, p. 49. (29 October 1984)
  • "Fissurella (Fissurella) oriens oriens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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