Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Fissurelloidea Subfamily Fissurellinae Scientific name Fissurella costata Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Fissurellidae Genus Fissurella Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Fissurella, Fissurella maxima, Fissurella latimarginata, Fissurella peruviana, Fissurella picta | ||
Fissurella costata, common name : the costate keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Peru and Chile.
References
Fissurella costata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA