Fissurella pulchra

Fissurella pulchra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]

Fissurella pulchra
Two shells of Fissurella pulchra (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. pulchra
Binomial name
Fissurella pulchra
Sowerby, 1834

Description

The size of the shell attains 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Chile.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella pulchra G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570521 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)
  3. Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
  • To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Fissurella pulchra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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