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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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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
67508513/01/2018ArgentinaChubutPuerto MadrynNicolas Olejnik
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 22/09/2026.