''Fissurella verna'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 51 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the
Cape Verdes
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
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.
References
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.''
External links
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Fissurellidae
Gastropods of Cape Verde
Gastropods described in 1846
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