Fissurella oriens

Updated on Dec 17, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Fissurelloidea Subfamily Fissurellinae Scientific name Fissurella oriens Rank Species		Class Gastropoda Family Fissurellidae Genus Fissurella Phylum Mollusca

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.

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.

Pacific Ocean along Chile.

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