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Fissurella oriens

Sowerby, 1834

Family: Fissurellidae
Order: Lepetellida
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia

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Fissurella oriens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

There are two subspecies known :
  • Fissurella oriens fulvescens G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : found in the Pacific Ocean along Chile.
  • Fissurella oriens oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 : the Rising Sun Keyhole Limpet; found along the Falkland Islands and Isla Chiloé, Chile (represented as Fissurella oriens G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)


 The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution: Pacific Ocean along Chile.

Source: Wikipedia, article Fissurella oriens. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240765207/12/202519:14ArgentinaTierra del FuegoBahía Golondrina, Ushuaia1Gustavo Fernando Durán
238021311/10/2025ArgentinaChubutÁrea Natural Protegida El DoradilloMarcos Garberoglio
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Fissurella oriens – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 23/09/2026.