Fissurella alabastrites
| Fissurella alabastrites | |
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| Shells of Fissurella alabastrites (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. alabastrites |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fissurella alabastrites Reeve is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Distribution
Fissurella alabastrites is found in the waters around Cape Verde and Sierra Leone.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 44 mm.
References
- ↑ Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ GBIF. "Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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