Fissurellidae
Family of limpet-like sea snails / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.[2][3]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Type genus ...
Keyhole limpet | |
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A group of shells of Diodora cayenensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea Fleming, 1822 |
Family: | Fissurellidae Fleming, 1822 |
Type genus | |
Diodora J. E. Gray, 1821 | |
Genera and species | |
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Their common name derives from the small hole in the apex of their cone-like shells. Although superficially resembling "true" limpets, they are in fact not closely related to them.