Fissurella oriens

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Vetigastropoda

Order:Lepetellida

Fissurella oriens
Three shells of Fissurella oriens oriens (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. oriens
Binomial name
Fissurella oriens Sowerby I, 1834
Synonyms[1]
Fissurella narpi N. Rojas y D. Jara, 2014 Fissurella alba Philippi, 1845 Fissurella arenicola Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885 Fissurella australis Philippi, 1845 Fissurella cheullina Ramirez-Boehme, 1974 Fissurella doellojuradoi Perez-Farfante, 1952 Fissurella flavida Philippi, 1857 Fissurella fulvescens Sowerby I, 1835 Fissurella hedeia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885 Fissurella mexicana Sowerby I, 1835 Fissurella oblonga Ramirez-Boehme, 1974

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

There are two subspecies known :

• Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
• Fissurella oriens oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the Falkland Islands and Isla Chiloé, Chile (represented as Fissurella oriens G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)