Fissurella nodosa
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| Fissurella nodosa | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea
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| Species: | F. nodosa
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| Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778)
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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[]
- ^ a b Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
- ^ 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[]
- 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
- "Fissurella (Cremides) nodosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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Categories:
- Fissurellidae
- Gastropods described in 1778
- Taxa named by Ignaz von Born
- Fissurellidae stubs