Fissurella barbadensis (Barbados keyhole limpet) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 (16190834765)
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Description: Fissurella barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791) - interior 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, 00:22. Source: Fissurella barbadensis (Barbados keyhole limpet) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.
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- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Lepetellida
- Fissurelloidea
- Fissurellidae (keyhole limpets)
- Fissurella
- Fissurella barbadensis (Barbados keyhole limpet)
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