Fissurella oriens

Species of gastropod

Fissurella oriens
Three shells of Fissurella oriens oriens (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. oriens
Binomial name
Fissurella oriens
Sowerby I, 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Fissurella narpi N. Rojas y D. Jara, 2014
  • Fissurella alba Philippi, 1845
  • Fissurella arenicola Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Fissurella australis Philippi, 1845
  • Fissurella cheullina Ramirez-Boehme, 1974
  • Fissurella doellojuradoi Perez-Farfante, 1952
  • Fissurella flavida Philippi, 1857
  • Fissurella fulvescens Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella hedeia Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Fissurella mexicana Sowerby, 1835
  • Fissurella oblonga Ramirez-Boehme, 1974

Fissurella oriens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

There are two subspecies known :

  • Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
  • Fissurella oriens oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the Falkland Islands and Isla Chiloé, Chile (represented as Fissurella oriens G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

Pacific Ocean along Chile.

References

  1. ^ a b Fissurella oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  • Ramírez-Böhme [= Ramírez Boehme] J. (1974) Nuevas especies chilenas de Lucapina, Fissurella y Collisella (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Boletin, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural [Santiago de Chile] 33: 15-34.
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  • Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published.
  • Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published
  • Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71
  • Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
  • 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) oriens oriens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Fissurella oriens


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