Fissurella microtrema explained

Fissurella microtrema, common name the rugose slit limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Southern Baja California, Mexico, to Peru.

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2012). Fissurella microtrema G.B. Sowerby, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575120 on 2012-12-31
2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
3. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218