Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Fissurelloidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Fissurellidae | |
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Similar Fissurella nodosa, Fissurella peruviana, Fissurella barbadensis, Fissurella picta | ||
Fissurella virescens, common name the green Panama keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
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Description
The size of the shell differs between 12 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California, West Mexico to Peru; but not off the Galápagos Islands.
References
Fissurella virescens Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA