Fissurella picta
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| Fissurella picta | |
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| Top and bottom view of a shell of Fissurella picta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Fissurella picta, common name: the painted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Two subspecies:
The size of an adult shell varies between 35mm and 100mm.
