Fissurella maxima

Fissurella maxima
Fissurella maxima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. maxima
Binomial name
Fissurella maxima
G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella concinna Philippi, 1845
  • Fissurella hondurasensis Reeve, 1849
  • Fissurella solida Philippi, 1845

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Ecuador and Tierra del Fuego.

Fissurella maxima, view from beneath

References

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