Fissurella rubropicta
| Fissurella rubropicta | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
Fissurella rubropicta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
The size of the shell reaches 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico and Costa Rica.
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External links
| External identifiers for Fissurella rubropicta | |
|---|---|
| ITIS | 69644 |
| WoRMS | 575124 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species
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