Fissurella cumingi
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| Fissurella cumingi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. cumingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella cumingi Reeve, 1849 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Fissurella stellata Reeve, 1850 | |
Fissurella cumingi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 80 mm and 100 mm.
Fissurella cumingi is a grazer and a host of Proctoeces lintoni and Proctoeces humboldti.[1]