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Fissurella nubecula
Fissurella nubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cloudy keyhole limpet
Fissurella nubecula
photo by Coltro, Marcus

Family:  Fissurellidae (keyhole limpets)
Max. size: 
Environment:  sessile; marine; depth range - 200 m
Distribution:  Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: France to Angola (Ref. 438). Turkey, Mediterranean Sea. Fissurella nubecula var. ex forma squamifera in Aegean Sea (Ref. 2754).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Collected from the sublittoral zone, from low tide up to a depth of 200 m. On rock exposed by the low tide (Ref. 417). Collected from the supralittoral and mediolittoral or intertidal zones (Ref. 2754). Occurs at the low tide mark.
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:   
 

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