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Fissurella barbadensis (Barbados keyhole limpet) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16190039292)

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Summary[edit] Description: Fissurella barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791) - exterior view of a Barbados keyhole limpet shell, 2.25 cm long. Anterior at the top and posterior at the bottom. Family Fissurellidae - limpets use their radulae to scrape algae from hard substrates. They typically occupy rock intertidal shorelines. Date: 5 March 2011, 00:21. Source: Fissurella barbadensis (Barbados keyhole limpet) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.

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