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Fissurella angusta (narrow keyhole limpet) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16188946841)

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Description: Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791) - exterior view of a narrow keyhole limpet shell, 1.85 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: 25 February 2011, 18:12. Source: Fissurella angusta (narrow keyhole limpet) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.

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