Fissurella nodosa

Fissurella nodosa
Fissurella nodosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. nodosa
Binomial name
Fissurella nodosa
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]

Patella rudis Röding, 1798

Fissurella nodosa, commonly known as the knobbed keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

F. nodosa is endemic to the Florida Keys, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies.[2]

Fissurella nodosa, basal view

References

  1. 1 2 Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  2. Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 25.
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