Fissurella nimbosa, Rayed keyhole limpet : fisheries

Fissurella nimbosa   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rayed keyhole limpet

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Lepetellida | Fissurellidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 8 m (Ref. 83435).  Tropical; 18°N - 13°S, 76°E - 32°E (Ref. 83435)

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Atlantic: Greater Antilles and Caribbean to Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm DL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 83435); common length : 3.7 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 355)

Short description Morfologi

Shell of medium size, elliptical. Sculpture or irregular, radial grooves and narrow, flat ribs, all crossed by fine lines. Margin irregular. Orifice oblong, large with sides bearing small upward projections. Colour: greyish to pinkish white, usually with purple blotches and lines between ribs. Internally with green and whitish concentric bands. Border of orifice internally deep green.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

On hard substrates; species belongs to a family with a habitat located in the intertidal or shallow subtidal hard substrates (Ref. 355).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Patellogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Leal, J.H. 2003 Gastropods. p. 99-147. In Carpenter, K.E. (ed.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. 1600p. (Ref. 355)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Internet-källor

Alien/Invasive Species database | BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 27.1 - 28.4, mean 27.6 (based on 255 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.