Fissurella alabastrites

Fissurella alabastrites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[1]

Fissurella alabastrites
Shells of Fissurella alabastrites (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. alabastrites
Binomial name
Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849
Synonyms
Fissurella (Cremides) nimbosa Thiele, 1891 (homonym of Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758) ) Fissurella keppeliana Sowerby, 1911

Distribution

Fissurella alabastrites is found in the waters around Cape Verde and Sierra Leone.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 44 mm.