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]
| Fissurella costata | |
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| Top view of a shell of Fissurella costata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile.
References edit
- ^ a b Fissurella costata Lesson, 1831. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella costata.
- 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) Archived 2 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) costata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.