Fissurella maxima   Sowerby, 1834


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Lepetellida | Fissurellidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 4 m (Ref. 105490).  Subtropical; 3°S - 56°S, 82°W - 68°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific: from Huarmey, Peru to Cape Horn, Chile.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It is taken as food, and by the collectors and divers (Ref. 105490). Inhabits low intertidal and high subtidal levels, under Lessonia sp. leaves on exposed rocky shores (Ref. 105995). It encrusts on algae, and on the undersides of large flat rocks at low tide (Ref. 105490). Consumes diatoms (Ref. 106101).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Patellogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Servicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura. 2011. (Ref. 90098)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.2 - 20.9, mean 15.8 (based on 150 cells).