Fissurella nigra
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Fissurella nigra, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
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Chile Central
Fissurella nigra 9
Fissurella nigra, common name the black keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marinegastropodmollusk in the familyFissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 110 mm. ![[icon]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small}
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific from Paru to the Strait of Magellan (but not off the Galapagos Islands)
References
- ^ abRosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532846 on 2012-12-31
- ^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)
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