Fissurella picta

Fissurella picta

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae

Fissurella picta, common name: the painted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. Two subspecies: Fissurella picta lata Sowerby I, 1835 Fissurella picta picta (Gmelin, 1791) Description The size of an adult shell varies between 35mm and 100mm. Distribution This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Ecuador and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Falkland Islands.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Chile · 79Argentina · 7United Kingdom · 2

Sources and credits

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Fissurella picta

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