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Fissurella oriens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Fissurelloidea

Subfamily
  
Fissurellinae

Scientific name
  
Fissurella oriens

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Fissurellidae

Genus
  
Fissurella

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Fissurella oriens

Similar
  
Fissurella picta, Fissurella costata, Fissurella mutabilis, Fissurella peruviana

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

Contents

There are two subspecies known :

  • Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
  • Fissurella oriens oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the Falkland Islands and Isla Chiloé, Chile

    • Description

    The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

    Distribution

    Pacific Ocean along Chile.

    References

    Fissurella oriens Wikipedia
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