Fissurella nubecula

Fissurella nubecula, common name the cloudy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[1]

Fissurella nubecula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Fissurella
Species:	F. nubecula
Binomial name
Fissurella nubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Fissurella cinnabrina Costa O.G., 1839 Fissurella lilacina Costa O.G., 1839 Fissurella mondelloensis de Gregorio, 1885 Fissurella nubecula var. elliptica Pallary, 1900 Fissurella philippii Requien, 1848 Fissurella viridis Costa O.G., 1839 Patella nubecula Linnaeus, 17588 Patella rosea Gmelin, 1791

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, West Africa and Angola.