Fissurella oriens

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

Fissurella oriens
Three shells of Fissurella oriens oriens (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. oriens
Binomial name
Fissurella oriens Sowerby I, 1834
Synonyms
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 Sowerby, 1835 Fissurella hedeia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885 Fissurella mexicana Sowerby, 1835 Fissurella oblonga Ramirez-Boehme, 1974

There are two subspecies known :

• Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
• Fissurella oriens oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the Falkland Islands and Isla Chiloé, Chile (represented as Fissurella oriens G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

Description

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

Distribution

Pacific Ocean along Chile.

References

• Ramírez-Böhme [= Ramírez Boehme] J. (1974) Nuevas especies chilenas de Lucapina, Fissurella y Collisella (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Boletin, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural [Santiago de Chile] 33: 15-34.

External links

• Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published.
• Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published
• Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71
• Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
• 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) oriens oriens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.