Fissurella costata | |
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Top view of a shell of Fissurella costata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Fissurella |
Species: | F. costata
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Binomial name | |
Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831
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Synonyms[1] | |
Fissurella costata, common name : the costate keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile.