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Family: Fissurellidae keyhole limpets



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Amblychilepas oblonga
[]
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Buchanania onchidioides
[Puff-ball snail]
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Clathrosepta becki
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic.
Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
Cornisepta antarctica(Egorova, 1972)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Cornisepta antarctica
[]
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Cornisepta microphyma
[]
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Cornisepta verenae
[]
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Max. Length 2.1 cm DL
 
Cranopsis asturiana
[Atlantic puncturella]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Cranopsis billsae
[]
No picture found
 
Cranopsis carinifera
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm SHL
 
Cranopsis cucullata
[Hood puncturella]
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Cranopsis cumingii
[]
No picture found
 
Cranopsis decorata
[Painted puncturella]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Cranopsis erecta
[Erect puncturella]
No picture found
 
Cranopsis exquisita
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Cranopsis granulata
[Granulate puncturella]
No picture found
 
Cranopsis major
[Great puncturella]
No picture found
 
Cranopsis multistriata
[Many-rib puncturella]
No picture found
 
Cranopsis verrieri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Diodora aguayoi
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora alta
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora apertura
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Diodora arcuata
[Arcuate keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Diodora arnoldi
[Neat-rib keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
 
Diodora aspera
[Keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Diodora bermudensis
[Bermuda keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Diodora bollonsi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.1 cm OT
 
Diodora cayenensis
[Cayenne keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm SHL
 
Diodora clathrata
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora cruciata
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora demartiniorum
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora dorsata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
Diodora dysoni(Reeve, 1850)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Diodora dysoni
[Dyson's keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Diodora fargoi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Diodora fluviana
[Gulf Stream keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Diodora foveolata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Diodora fragilis
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora funiculata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Diodora galeata(Helbling, 1779)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Diodora galeata
[]

França, Antonio

Mediterranean Sea.

Diodora gibberula(Lamarck, 1822)

Photo by França, Antonio
 
Diodora gibberula
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic and th

Diodora graeca(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Diodora graeca
[Common keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm SHL
 
Diodora granifera
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Diodora harrassowitzi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Diodora inaequalis(Sowerby, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Diodora inaequalis
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora italica
[Italian keyhole limpet]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
Diodora jaumeiAguayo & Rehder, 1936

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Diodora jaumei
[Jaume's keyhole limpet]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 4.5 cm NG
Diodora listeri(d'Orbigny, 1842)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Diodora listeri
[Lister's keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Diodora meta
[Meta keyhole limpet]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
Diodora minuta(Lamarck, 1822)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Diodora minuta
[Dwarf keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Diodora mirifica
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Pacific

Diodora mus(Reeve, 1850)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Diodora mus
[Mouse keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Diodora octagona
[]
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Diodora panamensis
[]
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Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
 
Diodora patagonica
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora producta
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora quadriradiata
[Radially-ribbed keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Diodora reevei
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora ruppellii
[Ruppell's keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Diodora sarasuae
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora saturnalis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 3 cm DL
Diodora sayi(Dall, 1889)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Diodora sayi
[Say's keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Diodora sieboldi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Diodora singaporensis(Reeve, 1850)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Diodora singaporensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.8 cm DL
 
Diodora tanneri
[]
No picture found
 
Diodora ticaonica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Diodora variegata
[Variegate keyhole limpet]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Diodora vetula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Diodora viridula
[Green keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.4 cm DL
 
Diodora wetmorei
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginella biangulata
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginella eximia
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginella incisula
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula adriatica
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula alveolata
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula bonfittoi
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula camilla
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula christiaensi
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula compta
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific, Southw
Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
Emarginula conicaLamarck, 1801

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Emarginula conica
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula connectens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm DL
 
Emarginula crassa
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula curvata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Emarginula dentigera
[Toothed Emarginula]
No picture found
 
Emarginula dilecta
[]
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Emarginula divae
[]
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Emarginula eximia
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula fissura
[Common slit-limpet]
No picture found
 
Emarginula foveolata
[]
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Emarginula hawaiiensis
[]
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Emarginula huzardii
[]
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Emarginula incisura
[]
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Emarginula insura
[]
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Emarginula maculata
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula montrouzieri
[]
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Emarginula multistriata
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula nigromaculata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Emarginula nordica
[Northern Emarginula]
No picture found
 
Emarginula octaviana
[Slit limpet]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
Emarginula phrixodesDall, 1927

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Emarginula phrixodes
[Ruffled Emarginula]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
Emarginula pumila(Adams, 1852)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Emarginula pumila
[Pygmy Emarginula]
No picture found
 
Emarginula punctulum
[]
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Emarginula pustula
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula rosea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Emarginula sicula
[Dagger Emarginula]
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Emarginula solidula
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula tenera
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Emarginula tuberculosa
[Tuberculate Emarginula]
No picture found
 
Emarginula undulata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific

Emarginula variegataAdams, 1852

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Emarginula variegata
[]
No picture found
 
Emarginula velascoensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm SHL
 
Emarginula velascoi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.1 cm DL
 
Fissurella angusta
[Narrow keyhole limpet]

FAO

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 4.1 cm DL
Fissurella barbadensis(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Fissurella barbadensis
[Barbados keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Fissurella barbouri
[]
No picture found
 
Fissurella clenchi
[]
No picture found
 
Fissurella coarctata
[Compressed keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Fissurella costata
[Costate keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Fissurella crassa
[Thick keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Fissurella cumingi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Fissurella emmanuelae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Fissurella fascicularis
[Wobbly keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Fissurella latimarginata
[]
No picture found
 
Fissurella longifissa
[]
No picture found
 
Fissurella maxima
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Fissurella mesoatlantica
[]
No picture found
 
Fissurella microtrema
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Fissurella nigra
[Key-hole limpet]

FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 5 cm DL
Fissurella nimbosa(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Fissurella nimbosa
[Rayed keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Fissurella nodosa
[Knobby keyhole limpet]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Atlantic and the

Fissurella nubecula(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Fissurella nubecula
[Cloudy keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Fissurella oriens
[Small banded keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.6 cm DL
 
Fissurella picta
[Large banded keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm DL
 
Fissurella punctata
[Punctate keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.8 cm DL
 
Fissurella radiosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Fissurella rosea
[Rosy keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Fissurella rubropicta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Fissurella subrostrata
[]
No picture found
 
Fissurella virescens
[]

Coltro, Marcus

East Pacific.

Fissurella volcanoReeve, 1849

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Fissurella volcano
[Volcano keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm SHL
 
Fissurellidea bimaculata
[Two-spot keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Fissurellidea megatrema
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm SHL
 
Fissurellidea patagonica
[]
No picture found
 
Fissurisepta granulosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Fissurisepta tenuicula
[]
No picture found
 
Hemimarginula subrugosa
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 2.6 cm DL
Hemitoma emarginata(de Blainville, 1825)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Hemitoma emarginata
[Emarginate emarginula]
No picture found
 
Hemitoma hermosa
[]
No picture found
 
Hemitoma kirana
[]
No picture found
 
Hemitoma natlandi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
Hemitoma octoradiata(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Hemitoma octoradiata
[Eight-rib emarginula]
No picture found
 
Hermitoma tricarinata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Laevinesta atlantica
[Atlantic nesta]
No picture found
 
Leurolepas roseola
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Lucapina adspersa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm DL
 
Lucapina aegis
[Shield fleshy limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.1 cm DL
 
Lucapina elisae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm DL
 
Lucapina eolis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Lucapina philippiana
[Philippi's limpet]
No picture found
 
Lucapina risseana
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 3 cm DL
Lucapina sowerbii(Sowerby II, 1835)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lucapina sowerbii
[Sowerby's fleshy limpet]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 3.6 cm DL
Lucapina suffusa(Reeve, 1850)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lucapina suffusa
[Cancellate fleshy limpet]
No picture found
 
Lucapinella aequalis
[]
No picture found
 
Lucapinella callomarginata
[Rim fleshy limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Lucapinella delicata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm DL
 
Lucapinella gigas
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm DL
 
Lucapinella henseli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Lucapinella limatula
[File fleshy limpet]
No picture found
 
Lucapinella milleri
[]
No picture found
 
Macroschisma cuspidata
[]
No picture found
 
Macroschisma megatrema
[]
No picture found
 
Macroschisma sinense
[]
No picture found
 
Medusafissurella dubia
[]
No picture found
 
Medusafissurella melvilli
[]
No picture found
 
Medusafissurella salebrosa
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 12.5 cm TL
Megathura crenulata(Sowerby I, 1825)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Megathura crenulata
[Giant keyhole limpet]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific

Montfortista panhi(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Montfortista panhi
[]
No picture found
 
Montfortula rugosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Nesta atlantica
[]
No picture found
 
Nesta candida
[]
No picture found
 
Nesta galapagensis
[]
No picture found
 
Parmaphorella melvilli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Parmophoridea antarctica
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W
Max. Length 4 cm DL
Parmophoridea mawsoni(Powell, 1958)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Parmophoridea mawsoni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm DL
 
Parmophoridea melvilli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Puncturella abyssicola
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Puncturella acuminata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Puncturella agger
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Puncturella antillana
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella asturiana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Puncturella billsae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Puncturella borroi
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella borshengi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Puncturella brychia
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella caryophylla
[Clove puncturella]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Puncturella circularis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Puncturella cognata
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella cooperi
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella cucullata
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella decorata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm DL
 
Puncturella erecta
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella expansa
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella galeata
[Helmet puncturella]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Puncturella larva
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella longifissa
[Long-slot puncturella]
No picture found
 
Puncturella major
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella multistriata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Antarctic, Eastern Pacifi
Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
Puncturella noachina(Linnaeus, 1771)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Puncturella noachina
[Diluvian puncturella]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Puncturella oxia
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella parvinobilis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Puncturella pauper
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella piccirida
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella pileolus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Puncturella plecta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Puncturella profundi
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella punctocostata
[Dot-rib puncturella]
No picture found
 
Puncturella rimaizenaensis
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella rothi
[]
No picture found
 
Puncturella solis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Puncturella sportella
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm DL
 
Puncturella trifolium
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Rimula aequisculpta
[Webbed rimula]
No picture found
 
Rimula californiana
[California rimula]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Rimula dorriae
[Coarse rimula]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Rimula frenulata
[Bridle rimula]
No picture found
 
Rimula mexicana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Rimula pycnonema
[Threaded rimula]
No picture found
 
Scelidotoma bella
[Elegant emarginula]
No picture found
 
Scutus antipodes
[]
No picture found
 
Scutus breviculus
[Shield shell]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific.

Scutus unguis(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Scutus unguis
[Black keyhole limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm SHL
 
Scutus unquis
[]
No picture found
 
Stromboli beebei
[Stromboli keyhole limpet]
No picture found
 
Tugali cicatricosa
[]
No picture found
 
Tugali oblonga
[]
No picture found
 
Tugali plana
[]
No picture found
 
Tugali radiata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm SHL
 
Zeidora bahamondei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Zeidora bigelowi
[Bigelow's Zeidora]
No picture found
 
Zeidora calceolina
[]
No picture found
 
Zeidora flabellum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Zeidora milerai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Zeidora naufraga
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Zeidora neritica
[]


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