Fissurella rubropicta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
| Fissurella rubropicta | |
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| Top view of a shell of Fissurella rubropicta | |
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. rubropicta
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella rubropicta Pilsbry, 1890
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Description
editThe size of the shell reaches 30 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico and Costa Rica.
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2012). Fissurella rubropicta Pilsbry, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575124 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.
External links
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- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species