''Fissurella oriens'' is a

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, a marine

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in the

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Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. There are two subspecies known : * ''Fissurella oriens fulvescens'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along

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. *'' Fissurella oriens oriens'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the

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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

* Ramírez-Böhme Ramírez BoehmeJ. (1974) Nuevas especies chilenas de Lucapina, Fissurella y Collisella (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Boletin, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural antiago de Chile33: 15-34.

External links

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)
* Fissurellidae Gastropods described in 1834 {{Fissurellidae-stub