Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Fissurelloidea Subfamily Fissurellinae Scientific name Fissurella peruviana Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Fissurellidae Genus Fissurella Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Fissurella, Fissurella costata, Fissurella maxima, Fissurella virescens, Fissurella picta | ||
Fissurella peruviana, common name : the Peruvian 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 20 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Peru and Chile.
References
Fissurella peruviana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA