Fissurella
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Fissurella is a genus
of small to medium-sized sea snail
s or limpet
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpet
s.
Water for respiration and excretion is drawn in under the edge of the shell and exits through the "keyhole" at the apex.
(WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Fissurella
Western Atlantic species in this genus include: http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=findsnail&genus=Fissurella&associatedname=&author=&year=&yearend=&Search=Search
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following species to the list
The following species are also mentioned by Schooner specimen shells. This list may contain synonyms.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small to medium-sized sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s or limpet
Limpet
Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpet
Keyhole limpet
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.Fissurellidae is the only family in the superfamily Fissurelloidea....
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Ecology
Like all other fissurellids, Fissurella species are herbivores, using the radula to scrape up algae from the surface of rocks.Water for respiration and excretion is drawn in under the edge of the shell and exits through the "keyhole" at the apex.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species is a database that hopes to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the...
(WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Fissurella
- Fissurella afraFissurella afraFissurella afra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Description:Fissurella afra has on ovate-oblong and convex shell. The bull-fish within it is painted with brownish-violet rays and is white within...
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 - Fissurella alabastritesFissurella alabastritesFissurella alabastrites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Reeve, 1849 - Fissurella angustaFissurella angustaFissurella angusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Gmelin, 1791) - Fissurella barbadensisFissurella barbadensisFissurella barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Gmelin, 1791) - Fissurella barbouriFissurella barbouriFissurella barbouri is a species of small sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Pérez Farfante, 1943 - Fissurella bravensisFissurella bravensisFissurella bravensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
F. Salvat, 1967 - Fissurella bridgesii Reeve, 1849
- Fissurella coarctataFissurella coarctataFissurella coarctata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
King & Broderip, 1831 - Fissurella costataFissurella costataFissurella costata, common name : the costate keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm....
R. P. Lesson, 1830 Southwest America - Fissurella crassa J. B. Lamarck, 1822 Arctic
- Fissurella cumingiFissurella cumingiFissurella cumingi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 80 mm and 100 mm.-External links:* *...
L. A. Reeve, 1849 Chile - Fissurella emmanuelae Métivier, 1970
- Fissurella fascicularisFissurella fascicularisFissurella fascicularis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Lamarck, 1822 - Fissurella fischeriFissurella fischeriFissurella fischeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
F. Salvat, 1967 - Fissurella formosaFissurella formosaFissurella formosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
F. Salvat, 1967 - Fissurella gaillardiFissurella gaillardiFissurella gaillardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
F. Salvat, 1967 - Fissurella latimarginataFissurella latimarginataFissurella latimarginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.-References:-External links:* *...
Sowerby, 1835 Chile - Fissurella limbata Sowerby, 1835 Chile
- Fissurella maximaFissurella maximaFissurella maxima, common name : the giant keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 138 mm....
Sowerby, 1835 West America - Fissurella mesoatlanticaFissurella mesoatlanticaFissurella mesoatlantica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Simone, 2008 - Fissurella mutabilisFissurella mutabilisFissurella mutabilis, common name the Cape keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Sowerby, 1834 - Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831
- Fissurella nodosaFissurella nodosaFissurella 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.-Distribution:...
(Born, 1778) - Fissurella nubeculaFissurella nubeculaFissurella nubecula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Fissurella oriensFissurella oriensFissurella oriens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.There are two subspecies known :* Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile....
Sowerby I, 1835 - Fissurella peruvianaFissurella peruvianaFissurella peruviana, common name : the Peruvian Keyhole Limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm....
J. B. Lamarck, 1822 Southeast Pacific- Fissurella peruviana occidens A. A. Gould , Southeast Pacific
- Fissurella pictaFissurella pictaFissurella picta, common name : the painted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.Two subspecies :* Fissurella picta lata G.B...
(Gmelin, 1791) - Fissurella radiosaFissurella radiosaFissurella radiosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.Two subspecies :* Fissurella radiosa radiosa Lesson, 1831* Fissurella radiosa tixierae Métivier, 1969-Description:...
Lesson, 1831- Fissurella radiosa radiosa Lesson, 1831
- Fissurella radiosa tixierae Métivier, 1969
- Fissurella roseaFissurella roseaFissurella rosea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Distribution:...
(Gmelin, 1791) - Fissurella salvatianaFissurella salvatianaFissurella salvatiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Christiaens, 1982 - Fissurella schrammiiFissurella schrammiiFissurella schrammii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
P. Fischer, 1857 - Fissurella subrostrataFissurella subrostrataFissurella subrostrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Distribution:This marine species is found along St Vincent, West Indies-References:*...
Sowerby I, 1835 - Fissurella vernaFissurella vernaFissurella verna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Gould, 1846 - Fissurella volcanoFissurella volcanoFissurella volcano, common name the "volcano limpet" or "volcano keyhole limpet", is a species of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Reeve, 1849
Western Atlantic species in this genus include: http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=findsnail&genus=Fissurella&associatedname=&author=&year=&yearend=&Search=Search
- Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Fissurella punctata Pérez Farfante, 1943
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following species to the list
- Fissurella cyathulum Reeve, 1850
- Fissurella delicata Smith, 1899
- Fissurella excelsa Adams & Reeve, 1850
- Fissurella gibberula Reeve, 1850
- Fissurella sibogae Schepman, 1908
The following species are also mentioned by Schooner specimen shells. This list may contain synonyms.
- Fissurella asperella Sowerby, 1835 West America
- Fissurella clenchi Pérez Farfante, 1943 America
- Fissurella decemcostata F. S. Mclean, 1970 West America
- Fissurella deroyae F. S. Mclean, 1970 West America
- Fissurella gemmata C. T. Menke, 1847 West America
- Fissurella gemmulata L. A. Reeve, 1850 Puerto Rico
- Fissurella glaucopsis L. A. Reeve, 1850 Cape Verde
- Fissurella humphreysi L. A. Reeve, 1850 Cape Verde
- Fissurella longifissa Sowerby, 1863 West America
- Fissurella macrotrema Sowerby, 1863 West America : synonym of F. virescens
- Fissurella morrisoni F. S. Mclean, 1970 West America
- Fissurella nigrocincta P. P. Carpenter, 1856 West America
- Fissurella nodosa crusoe Pérez Farfante, Trinidad
- Fissurella obscura Sowerby, 1835 West America
- Fissurella philippiana R. W. Dunker, 1853 Cape Verde : synonym of Fissurella radiosaFissurella radiosaFissurella radiosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.Two subspecies :* Fissurella radiosa radiosa Lesson, 1831* Fissurella radiosa tixierae Métivier, 1969-Description:...
Lesson, 1831 - Fissurella punctatissima H. A. Pilsbry, 1890 Chile : synonym of Fissurella latimarginataFissurella latimarginataFissurella latimarginata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.-References:-External links:* *...
G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 - Fissurella rubropicta H. A. Pilsbry, 1890 West America
- Fissurella salebrosa L. A. Reeve, 1850 Red Sea
- Fissurella spongiosa P. P. Carpenter, 1857 West America
- Fissurella stellata L. A. Reeve, 1850 Chile : synonym of Fissurella cumingiFissurella cumingiFissurella cumingi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 80 mm and 100 mm.-External links:* *...
Reeve, 1849 - Fissurella virescens Sowerby, 1835 West America