Fissurella nubecula (Linnaeus 1758) articles

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Fissurella (Cremides) nubecula (Linné, 1758)

Patella nubecula Linné. 1758:785 [Mediterranean Sea].

Fissurella nubecula Linné.—Nicklès, 1950:57, fig. 9.

Fissurella (Cremides) nubecula Linné.—Nordsieck, 1968:13, pl. 2: fig. 05.00.

PREVIOUS ASCENSION RECORDS.—Smith (1890b), Packer (1968) (as F.? rosea).

PRESENT MATERIAL.—8 specimens (20 mm) Ascension, K. M. Hutchfield; 2 (9.6 mm) Sta ASC 5; many (14 mm) ASC 13; many (22.9 mm) ASC 14; 2 (7.4 mm) ASC 15; 11 (14 mm) ASC 16; 7 (27.2 mm) ASC 18; 1 (4 mm) ASC 19; 2 (8.2 mm) ASC 21, R. B. Manning, May 1971.

DISTRIBUTION.—The Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay south to Cape of Good Hope, including the Cape Verde Islands (Nicklès, 1950); Ascension.

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bibliographic citation: Rosewater, Joseph. 1975. "An annotated list of the marine mollusks of Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.189

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Fissurella nubecula

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Fissurella nubecula, common name the cloudy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, West Africa and Angola.

References

^ Fissurella nubecula (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213
Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.

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Fissurella nubecula: Brief Summary

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Fissurella nubecula, common name the cloudy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

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Habitat

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all the rocky shores

Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.

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