Fissurella costata

Fissurella costata
Top view of a shell of Fissurella costata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. costata
Binomial name
Fissurella costata
Lesson, 1831
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella chilensis Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella costata var. rubra Ziegenhorn & Thiem, 1925
  • Fissurella rudis Deshayes, 1830 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Patella rudis Röding, 1798)
  • Tugali chilensis Sowerby, 1835

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This species is present in the southeastern coast of Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile. They live on the rocky intertidal substrate.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  2. ^ Olivares-Paz, Alberto; Quinteiro, Javier; Rey-Méndez, Manuel (December 2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the species from the subgenus Fissurella (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda) found on the Chilean coast". Revista de biología marina y oceanografía. 46 (3): 339–348. doi:10.4067/S0718-19572011000300005. ISSN 0718-1957.
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