Fissurella pulchra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.Bouchet, P. (2012). Fissurella pulchra G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570521 on 2012-12-31McLean J.H. (1984) Systematics of Fissurella in the Peruvian and Magellanic faunal provinces (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 354: 1-70. (29 October 1984)Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
Description
The size of the shell attains 70 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Chile.
References
External links Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) World Register of Marine Species