Fissurella crassa

Fissurella crassa
Top view of a shell of Fissurella crassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. crassa
Binomial name
Fissurella crassa
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella clypeiformis G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
  • Fissurella depressa Lamarck, 1822

Fissurella crassa, common name the thick keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 34 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Central Pacific to Peru and Chile; but not off the Galápagos Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella crassa Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570517 on 2012-12-31
  2. McLean J.H. (1984) Systematics of Fissurella in the Peruvian and Magellanic faunal provinces (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 354: 1-70. (29 October 1984)
External identifiers for Fissurella crassa
NCBI 317594
WoRMS 570517
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