Fissurella subrostrata

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

Fissurella subrostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Subfamily:
Fissurellinae
Genus:
Fissurella
Species:
F. subrostrata
Binomial name
Fissurella subrostrata
Gray in Sowerby, 1835

Description

The size of an adult shell reaches 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found along St Vincent, West Indies

References
  1. Fissurella subrostrata Gray in Sowerby I, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  • "Fissurella subrostrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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