Fissurella alabastrites

Fissurella alabastrites
Shells of Fissurella alabastrites (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. alabastrites
Binomial name
Fissurella alabastrites
Reeve, 1849
Synonyms
  • Fissurella (Cremides) nimbosa Thiele, J., 1891 (homonym of Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758) )
  • Fissurella keppeliana Sowerby, G.B. III, 1911

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

Distribution

Fissurella alabastrites is found in the waters around Cape Verde and Sierra Leone.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 44 mm.

References

  1. ↑ Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  2. ↑ GBIF. "Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2016-01-27.


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