Barbados Keyhole Limpet

Fissurella barbadensis

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae

Fissurella barbadensis is a species of limpet in family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. It is known commonly as the Barbados keyhole limpet and the rugose slit limpet. This species is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, including many islands of the Caribbean.

Distribution

Barbados Keyhole Limpet — (c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Irvine · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 82Mexico · 49United States of America · 35Netherlands · 21Cuba · 11France · 8

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Irvine · CC-BY DescriptionFissurella barbadensis, Wikipedia contributors

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