Fissurella fascicularis
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| Fissurella fascicularis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. fascicularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella fascicularis Lamarck, 1822 | |
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Fissurella (Clypidella) fascicularis Lamarck, 1822 | |
Fissurella fascicularis, common name the wobbly keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
The size of the shell varies between 14 mm and 32 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is quite small, oblong-elliptic in shape, and somewhat depressed. It is yellowish-white in color and is decorated with radiated, brownish, bundled lines.
The surface is marked by crowded striae, and the elongated foramen is strikingly encircled by a red line. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles.
