Fissurella maxima
| Fissurella maxima | |
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| Fissurella maxima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. maxima |
| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella maxima G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Fissurella maxima, common name : the giant keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 60 and 138 millimeters.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Ecuador and Tierra del Fuego.
Fissurella maxima, view from beneath
References
- 1 2 Fissurella maxima G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
External links
- 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)
- Gastropods.com : Fissurella (Fissurella) maxima; accessed : 21 April 2011
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