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Volcano Keyhole Limpet

Fissurella volcano

2,904 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 260, February 225, March 234, April 291, May 282, June 208, July 178, August 181, September 230, October 235, November 302, December 233.
United States2,896
California2,854
Kansas34
Mexico14
Baja California11
Nevada7
Panama5
Provincia de Veraguas5
Baja California Sur3
Oregon1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderLepetellida
FamilyKeyhole Limpets · Fissurellidae
GenusFissurella

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