Fissurella oriens G. B. Sowerby I 1834

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

There are two subspecies known :

• Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
• Fissurella oriens oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the Falkland Islands and Isla Chiloé, Chile (represented as Fissurella oriens G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

Pacific Ocean along Chile.

References

• Ramírez-Böhme [= Ramírez Boehme] J. (1974) Nuevas especies chilenas de Lucapina, Fissurella y Collisella (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Boletin, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural [Santiago de Chile] 33: 15-34.