Fissurella verna

Fissurella verna
Top view of the shell of Fissurella verna (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. verna
Binomial name
Fissurella verna
Gould, 1846
Synonyms
  • Emarginula verna Gould, 1846
  • Fissurella costata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1835
  • Fissurella (Fissurella) glaucopsis Reeve, L.A., 1849

Fissurella verna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 51 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.

References

  1. Fissurella verna Gould, 1846.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
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