Rosy Keyhole Limpet
Fissurella rosea (Gmelin, 1791)
Family: Fissurellidae
The Rosy Keyhole Limpet is rare on S. Hutchinson Island.
Rosy Keyhole Limpet collected on S. Hutchinson Island in October, 2020.
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Fissurella rosea
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Fissurella rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Fissurella
Species: F. rosea
Binomial name
Fissurella rosea
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Fissurella huttoni Suter, 1906
Fissurella lilacina Lamarck, 1822
Fissurella squamosa Hutton, 1873
Fissurella (Cremides) rosea (Gmelin, 1791)
Fissurella sculpta Pilsbry, 1890
Lucapina itapema Ihering, H. von, 1927
Patella rubeola Röding, 1798
Fissurella rosea, common name the rosy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 40 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brasil.
Fissurella rosea, basal view
References
Fissurella rosea (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
"Fissurella (Cremides) rosea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.