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Fissurella picta

Fissurella picta

(Gmelin, 1791)
Fisurela Oval

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

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Fissurella picta, common name: the painted keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Two subspecies:
  • Fissurella picta lata Sowerby I, 1835
  • Fissurella picta picta (Gmelin, 1791)


 The size of an adult shell varies between 35mm and 100mm.

Distribution: This marine species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Ecuador and in the Atlantic Ocean along the Falkland Islands.

Source: Wikipedia, article Fissurella picta. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 230076
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Quenuir
Región de Los Lagos
Chile
11/13/2017
Eduardo Nadal


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
123624015/01/2020ChileRegión de Magallanes y la Antártica ChilenaPunta Delgada (capitanía y Faro)Román Montero
67508513/01/2018ArgentinaChubutPuerto MadrynNicolas Olejnik
64601613/11/2017ChileRegión de Los LagosQuenuirEduardo Nadal
55100115/02/2017ArgentinaTierra del FuegoParque Nacional Tierra del FuegoAlec Earnshaw
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Fissurella picta – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.