Fissurella cumingi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
| Fissurella cumingi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. cumingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella cumingi Reeve, 1849
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Fissurella stellata Reeve, 1850 | |
Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 80 mm and 100 mm.
Fissurella cumingi is a grazer and a host of Proctoeces lintoni and Proctoeces humboldti.[1]
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
References
edit- ^ a b c Fissurella cumingi Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
External links
edit- McLean J.H. (1984) Systematics of Fissurella in the Peruvian and Magellanic faunal provinces (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 354: 1–70, p. 49. (29 October 1984) Archived 2 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) cumingi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.