Fissurella nodosa

Species of gastropod

Fissurella nodosa
Fissurella nodosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. nodosa
Binomial name
Fissurella nodosa
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]

Patella rudis Röding, 1798

Fissurella nodosa, commonly known as the knobbed keyhole limpet, 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 20 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

F. nodosa is endemic to the Florida Keys, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  2. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 25.
  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 58
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella nodosa.
  • 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. (29 October 1984 Archived 2 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  • "Fissurella (Cremides) nodosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Fissurella nodosa


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