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Species of gastropod

Fissurellidea patagonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurellidea
Species: F. patagonica
Binomial name
Fissurellidea patagonica
(Strebel, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Megatebennus patagonicus Strebel, 1907

Fissurellidea patagonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Description

The size of the shell reaches 22. 5 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay to Tierra del Fuego; off the Falklands

References

  1. Strebel, H. 1907. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 5. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 25: 79-196, pls. 1-8.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidea patagonica (Strebel, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532851 on 2012-12-31
  3. McLean J.H. (1984) Shell reduction and loss in fissurellids: A review of genera and species in the Fissurellidea group. American Malacological Bulletin 2: 21-34.

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Fissurellidea patagonica


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