Fissurella barbadensis Barbados keyhole limpet

Fissurella barbadensis is commonly referred to as Barbados keyhole limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6033 

AphiaID:

419355 

Scientific:

Fissurella barbadensis 

German:

Barbados Schlüssellochschnecke 

English:

Barbados Keyhole Limpet 

Category:

Lumache 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Lepetellida (Order) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Fissurella (Genus) > barbadensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Costa Rica, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), the Caribbean 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 1.57" (4 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Fissurella angusta
• 
  Fissurella barbadensis
  Barbados Schlüssellochschnecke
• Fissurella barbouri
• Fissurella bravensis
• Fissurella bridgesii
• Fissurella clenchi
• Fissurella coarctata
• Fissurella costaria
• Fissurella costata
• Fissurella crassa
• Fissurella cumingi
• Fissurella cyathulum
• Fissurella decemcostata
• Fissurella deroyae
• Fissurella emmanuelae
• Fissurella fascicularis
• Fissurella fischeri
• Fissurella formosa
• Fissurella gaillardi
• 
  Fissurella latimarginata
  Schlüssellochschnecke
• Fissurella limbata
• Fissurella longifissa
• Fissurella macrotrema
• Fissurella maxima
• Fissurella mesoatlantica
• Fissurella morrisoni
• Fissurella mutabilis
• Fissurella natalensis
• Fissurella nigra
• Fissurella nimbosa
• Fissurella nodosa
• Fissurella nubecula
• Fissurella obscura
• Fissurella oriens
• Fissurella peruviana
• Fissurella picta
• Fissurella pulchra
• Fissurella punctata
• Fissurella radiosa
• Fissurella robusta
• Fissurella rosea
• Fissurella salvatiana
• Fissurella subrostrata
• 
  Fissurella volcano
  Vulkan-Schlüssellochschnecke
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Fissurella sp.01
  Schlüssellochschnecke, Lochschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-10 19:38:57 

Last edit:

2023-05-01 18:03:42 

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