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Fissurella latimarginata G. B. Sowerby I 1835

Fissurella latimarginata

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Fissurella latimarginata 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 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile.

References

  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
Fissurella latimarginata, view from beneath

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Fissurella latimarginata: Brief Summary

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Fissurella latimarginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

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