Fissurella rubropicta

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

Fissurella rubropicta
Top view of a shell of Fissurella rubropicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. rubropicta
Binomial name
Fissurella rubropicta
Pilsbry, 1890

Description

The size of the shell reaches 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico and Costa Rica.

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References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Fissurella rubropicta Pilsbry, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575124 on 2012-12-31
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to PerĂº, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.


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