Fissurella nigra | |
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Two views of a shell of Fissurella nigra (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
Genus: | Fissurella |
Species: | F. nigra
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Binomial name | |
Fissurella nigra
Lesson, 1831
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Fissurella nigra, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1] [2]
The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 110 mm.
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This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Paru to the Strait of Magellan (but not off the Galapagos Islands)
Fissurella nigra | |
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Two views of a shell of Fissurella nigra (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
Genus: | Fissurella |
Species: | F. nigra
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Binomial name | |
Fissurella nigra
Lesson, 1831
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Fissurella nigra, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1] [2]
The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 110 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (January 2016) |
This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Paru to the Strait of Magellan (but not off the Galapagos Islands)