Fissurellinae
Sign in to saveThe subfamily Fissurellinae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic subfamily of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae.
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- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLepetellida
- FamilyFissurellidae
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The subfamily Fissurellinae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic subfamily of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae.
Of the three subfamilies in the Fissurellidae, the subfamily Fissurellinae is the most recently evolved; its earliest known species date back to the Cenozoic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fissurellinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.