Fissurella latimarginata Keyhole Limpet

Fissurella latimarginata is commonly referred to as Keyhole Limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Leslie Harris, USA

Fissurella latimarginata, Ilo, Peru 2022

Observations made by the Biodiversity Ilo team from the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) & the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (NHMLA). Photos by Jessica Whelpley (FLMNH), Brittany Cummings (FLMNH), Leslie Harris (NHMLA), CC-BY-NC-SA, credit to Biodiversity-Ilo.
Courtesy of the author Leslie Harris, USA Leslie Harris, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 15714
AphiaID:: 570473

Scientific:: Fissurella latimarginata
German:: Schlüssellochschnecke
English:: Keyhole Limpet

Category:: Snäckor med skal

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Lepetellida (Order) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Fissurella (Genus) > latimarginata (Species)
Initial determination:: G. B. Sowerby I, 1835

Occurrence:: Chile, Peru, South-Pazific
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 5 Meter
Size:: 1.97" - 3.94" (5,5cm - 10cm)
Temperature:: °F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Clams, Diatoms, omnivore, Snails, Sponges
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Fissurella angusta
Fissurella barbadensis
Barbados Schlüssellochschnecke
Fissurella barbouri
Fissurella bravensis
Fissurella bridgesii
Fissurella clenchi
Fissurella coarctata
Fissurella costaria
Fissurella costata
Fissurella crassa
Fissurella cumingi
Fissurella cyathulum
Fissurella decemcostata
Fissurella deroyae
Fissurella emmanuelae
Fissurella fascicularis
Fissurella fischeri
Fissurella formosa
Fissurella gaillardi
Fissurella latimarginata
Schlüssellochschnecke
Fissurella limbata
Fissurella longifissa
Fissurella macrotrema
Fissurella maxima
Fissurella mesoatlantica
Fissurella morrisoni
Fissurella mutabilis
Fissurella natalensis
Fissurella nigra
Fissurella nimbosa
Fissurella nodosa
Fissurella nubecula
Fissurella obscura
Fissurella oriens
Fissurella peruviana
Fissurella picta
Fissurella pulchra
Fissurella punctata
Fissurella radiosa
Fissurella robusta
Fissurella rosea
Fissurella salvatiana
Fissurella subrostrata
Fissurella volcano
Vulkan-Schlüssellochschnecke

More related species in this lexicon:

Fissurella sp.01
Schlüssellochschnecke, Lochschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-05-01 18:06:46
Last edit:: 2023-05-01 18:17:59

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Fissurella latimarginata G. B. Sowerby I, 1835

Fissurella latimarginata is a herbivore with preference for diatoms, periphyton, and foliose and filamentous red seaweeds.This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile.

Synonymised names:
Fissurella bella Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted
Fissurella biradiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted
Fissurella galericulum Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted
Fissurella punctatissima Pilsbry, 1890 · unaccepted

Direct children (2):
Variety Fissurella volcano var. crucifera Dall, 1908 accepted as Fissurella volcano crucifera Dall, 1908 (original combination)Subspecies Fissurella volcano crucifera Dall, 1908 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

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sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 01.05.2023.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 01.05.2023.

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