Fissurella peruviana

Fissurella peruviana, common name : the Peruvian Keyhole Limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Fissurella peruviana
Shells of Fissurella peruviana (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. peruviana
Binomial name
Fissurella peruviana
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella affinis Gray in Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella clypeus Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella occidens Gould, 1846
  • Fissurella papudana Ramirez-Boehme, 1974
  • Fissurella subrotunda Deshayes, 1830

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Peru and Chile.

References
  1. Fissurella peruviana Lamarck, 1822 . 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) peruviana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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