Fissurella oriens   Sowerby I, 1834

Small banded keyhole limpet

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

Gastropoda | Lepetellida | Fissurellidae

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

Sessile; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 83435).  Temperate; 52°S - 55°S, 75°E - 61°E (Ref. 83435)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: Chile, Argentina and Falkland Islands.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It is found in lower intertidal areas, in tide pools, rocky substrates and on fronds and holdfasts of brown algae (Ref. 87801). It is also found in forests of Macrocystis pyrifera (Ref. 92889).

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

Rosenberg, G. 2009. (Ref. 83435)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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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): 7.1 - 8.2, mean 7.4 (based on 92 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.