Fissurella virescens explained

Fissurella virescens, also known as the green Panama keyhole 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 differs between 12 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the western Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Peru; but not off the Galápagos Islands.

External links

• Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
• GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2012). Fissurella virescens G.B. Sowerby, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575126 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. Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.