Fissurella picta

Fissurella picta, common name : the painted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Fissurella picta
Top and bottom view of a shell of Fissurella picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Subfamily:
Fissurellinae
Genus:
Fissurella
Species:
F. picta
Binomial name
Fissurella picta
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella atrata Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella lata Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella muricata Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella radiola Deshayes, 1830 (synonymy based on D. Zelaya
  • Fissurella navidensis Ramirez-Boehme, 1974
  • Patella picta Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)

Two subspecies :

  • Fissurella picta lata Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella picta picta (Gmelin, 1791)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Ecuador and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Falkland Islands.

References
  1. Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 36
  • 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) picta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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