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Fissurella alabastrites
Shells of Fissurella alabastrites (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. alabastrites
Binomial name
Fissurella alabastrites
Reeve, 1849
Synonyms
  • Fissurella (Cremides) nimbosa Thiele, 1891 (homonym of Fissurella nimbosa ( Linnaeus, 1758) )
  • Fissurella keppeliana Sowerby, 1911

Fissurella alabastrites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]

Distribution

Fissurella alabastrites is found in the waters around Cape Verde and Sierra Leone. [2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 44 mm.

References

  1. ^ Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
  2. ^ GBIF. "Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fissurella alabastrites
Shells of Fissurella alabastrites (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. alabastrites
Binomial name
Fissurella alabastrites
Reeve, 1849
Synonyms
  • Fissurella (Cremides) nimbosa Thiele, 1891 (homonym of Fissurella nimbosa ( Linnaeus, 1758) )
  • Fissurella keppeliana Sowerby, 1911

Fissurella alabastrites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]

Distribution

Fissurella alabastrites is found in the waters around Cape Verde and Sierra Leone. [2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 44 mm.

References

  1. ^ Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
  2. ^ GBIF. "Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.



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