Fissurella maxima
| Fissurella maxima | |
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| Fissurella maxima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Fissurella |
| Species: | F. maxima
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| Binomial name | |
| Fissurella maxima Sowerby, 1834
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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[edit]
The size of an adult shell varies between 60 and 138 millimeters.
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Ecuador and Tierra del Fuego.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fissurella maxima G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissurella maxima.
- 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, p. 49. (29 October 1984) Archived 2 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- "Fissurella (Fissurella) maxima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.