Fissurellidea patagonica
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 ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Fissurellidea |
Species: | F. patagonica |
Binomial name | |
Fissurellidea patagonica | |
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Description
The size of the shell reaches 22. 5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay to Tierra del Fuego; off the Falklands
References
- 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.
- 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
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Fissurellidea patagonica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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