Thick keyhole limpet

Fissurella crassa

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae

Fissurella crassa, common name the thick keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. Description The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 90 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Central Pacific to Peru and Chile; but not off the Galápagos Islands.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Peru · 7

Sources and credits

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Thick keyhole limpet

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