Fissurella maxima
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Fissurella maxima | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea
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Species: | F. maxima
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Fissurella maxima Sowerby, 1834
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Fissurella maxima, common name : the giant 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 60 and 138 millimeters.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Ecuador and Tierra del Fuego.
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Fissurella maxima, view from beneath
References[]
- ^ a b Fissurella maxima G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
External links[]
- 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)
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) maxima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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Categories:
- Fissurellidae
- Gastropods described in 1834
- Fissurellidae stubs