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Fissurella   Listen
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Fissurella  n.  (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; called also keyhole limpet.





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... taken in this region, very few are new species. Of Patelloid forms we have a new Fissurella and Parmophorus convexus at Port Dalrymple, accompanied by Haliotis naevosa, and species of Patella and Siphonaria. In the more tropical regions, Haliotis asinina and varia, another and distinct Patella, two Fissurellae and a Scutella were collected. Of convolute shells the littoral ...
— Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Vol. 2 (of 2) • John MacGillivray


Words linked to "Fissurella" :   Fissurellidae, Diodora apertura, family Fissurellidae, genus Fissurella, keyhole limpet, Fissurella apertura, mollusk genus


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