Fissurella oriens

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

Fissurella oriens
Three shells of Fissurella oriens oriens (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. oriens
Binomial name
Fissurella oriens
Sowerby, 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, 1835
  • Fissurella hedeia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Fissurella mexicana Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella oblonga Ramirez-Boehme, 1974

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

Pacific Ocean along Chile.

References
  1. Fissurella oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  • 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, p. 49. (29 October 1984)
  • "Fissurella (Fissurella) oriens oriens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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