Fissurella coarctata, also known as the compressed keyhole limpet,[2] is a species of marine gastropod in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2][3]
| Fissurella coarctata | |
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| Top view and basal view of a shell of Fissurella coarctata (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 |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. coarctata
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella coarctata | |
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Fissurella taeniata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1867 | |
Description
editThe size of the shell attains 40 mm.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde and Senegal.[2]
References
edit- ^ King, P.P. (1832). "Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego". Zoological Journal. 5: 332–349 [339].
- ^ a b c d Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2022). "Fissurella coarctata" in SeaLifeBase. December 2022 version.
- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2023). "Fissurella coarctata King, 1832". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
External links
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- "Fissurella (Fissurella) coarctata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.