Fissurella microtrema, common name the rugose slit limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]
| Fissurella microtrema | |
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| Top view and basal view of a shell of Fissurella microtrema (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 |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. microtrema
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella microtrema Sowerby, 1835
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Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 27 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Southern Baja California, Mexico, to Peru.
References edit
- ^ WoRMS (2012). Fissurella microtrema G.B. Sowerby, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575120 on 2012-12-31
- ^ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
- ^ Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella microtrema.
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Fissurella (Cremides) microtrema". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.