Fissurella oriens

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
G.B. Sowerby I, 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 G.B. Sowerby I, 1835
  • Fissurella hedeia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Fissurella mexicana G.B. Sowerby I, 1835
  • Fissurella oblonga Ramirez-Boehme, 1974

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

There are two subspecies known :

Description

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

Distribution

Pacific Ocean along Chile.

References

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