Fissurella angusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
| Fissurella angusta | |
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| Shells of Fissurella angusta (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. angusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791)
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Description edit
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, off the Lesser Antilles and Hispaniola.
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella angusta.
- ^ Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.