Fissurella radiosa tixierae

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

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Fissurella radiosa tixierae

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Description

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

Two subspecies :

Fissurella radiosa radiosa Lesson, 1831 (represented as Fissurella radiosa Lesson, 1831)
Fissurella radiosa tixierae Métivier, 1969

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution: This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Falkland Islands and the Straits of Magellan of Argentina and Tierra del Fuego.

Source: Wikipedia, article Fissurella radiosa. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.