Fissurella subrostrata

Fissurella subrostrata
Shell of Fissurella subrostrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Fissurella
Species:
F. subrostrata
Binomial name
Fissurella subrostrata
Gray in Sowerby, 1835

Fissurella subrostrata 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 reaches 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found along St Vincent, the West Indies.

References

  1. ^ Fissurella subrostrata Gray in Sowerby I, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2011.
  • Sowerby, G.B. I (1834–1835). he Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London: privately published. p. 73. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  • Petit, R.E. (2009). "George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa". Zootaxa. 2189.
  • "Fissurella subrostrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 April 2011.


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