Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Fissurellidae Scientific name Fissurella picta | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Fissurelloidea Subfamily Fissurellinae Rank Species | |
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Similar Fissurella, Fissurella maxima, Fissurella latimarginata, Fissurella costata, Fissurella nodosa | ||
Fissurella picta, common name : the painted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
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Two subspecies :
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 100 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Ecuador and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Falkland Islands.
References
Fissurella picta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA