Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Fissurellidae Scientific name Fissurella afra | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Fissurelloidea Subfamily Fissurellinae Rank Species | |
Similar Fissurella costata, Fissurella picta, Fissurella volcano, Fissurella maxima, Fissurella barbadensis | ||
Fissurella afra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
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Description
Fissurella afra has on ovate-oblong and convex shell. The bull-fish within it is painted with brownish-violet rays and is white within. For the rest it is ovate, conicale, and obtuse at its summit; its fissure is ovate and contracted in the middle. Fissurella afra is also very finely striated radiately, and marked in the same way with radiating bands of a violaceous-brown on a yellowish-white ground. This species is often confused with the D. nimbosa, but its summit is more elevated and the aperture is carried more forward.
Length 9, breath 7, alt. 5 ½ lines.
Distribution
This particular species of mollusc is native to the Islands of the Archipelago or Capo Verde, in particular that of St. Iago.