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Fissurella

Fissurella Meaning & Definition
Fissurella Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fissurella?

[n] type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fissurella: genus Fissurella

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See Also | Diodora apertura | family Fissurellidae | Fissurella apertura | Fissurellidae | keyhole limpet | mollusk genus

Fissurella In Webster's Dictionary

\Fis`su*rel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. fissura a fissure.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also {keyhole limpet}.

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