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 | |
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 | |
Synonyms | |
Fissurella taeniata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1867 |
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]
The size of the shell attains 40 mm. [2]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde and Senegal. [2]