Fissurella limbata
Species of limpet from the Pacific
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Fissurella limbata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]
| Fissurella limbata | |
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| Shell of Fissurella limbata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. limbata |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella limbata Sowerby I, 1835 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Peru to the Strait of Magelhaen.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 70 mm.
