Fissurella rosea

Fissurella rosea
Fissurella rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. rosea
Binomial name
Fissurella rosea
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Fissurella huttoni Suter, 1906
  • Fissurella lilacina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Fissurella squamosa Hutton, 1873
  • Fissurella (Cremides) rosea (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Fissurella sculpta Pilsbry, H.A., 1890
  • Lucapina itapema Ihering, H. von, 1927
  • Patella rubeola Röding, P.F., 1798

Fissurella rosea, common name the rosy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brasil.

Fissurella rosea, basal view

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