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Fissurella limbata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Fissurelloidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Fissurellidae

Fissurella limbata

Similar
  
Fissurella, Fissurella maxima, Fissurella costata, Fissurella picta, Fissurella peruviana

Fissurella limbata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Peru to the Strait of Magelhaen.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 70 mm.

References

Fissurella limbata Wikipedia