page_title: Fissurella
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Fissurella / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Fissurella crassa, Lamarck, 1822; a keyhole limpet from the family Fissurellidae; Chile
context_page_description: Fissurella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
context_section_description: According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Fissurella 
  Fissurella afra Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  Fissurella alabastrites Reeve, 1849
  † Fissurella altior Meyer & Aldrich, 1896
  Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791)
  Fissurella asperella Sowerby, 1835 West America
  Fissurella barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  Fissurella barbouri Pérez Farfante, 1943
  Fissurella bravensis F. Salvat, 1967
  Fissurella bridgesii Reeve, 1849
  Fissurella clenchi Pérez Farfante, 1943
  Fissurella coarctata King & Broderip, 1831
  Fissurella costaria Deshayes, 1824
  Fissurella costata Lesson, 1830 Southwest America
  Fissurella crassa Lamarck, 1822 Arctic
  Fissurella cumingi Reeve, 1849 Chile
  Fissurella cyathulum Reeve, 1850
  Fissurella decemcostata F. S. Mclean, 1970 West America
  Fissurella deroyae F. S. Mclean, 1970 West America
  Fissurella emmanuelae Métivier, 1970
  Fissurella fascicularis Lamarck, 1822
  Fissurella fischeri F. Salvat, 1967
  Fissurella formosa F. Salvat, 1967
  Fissurella gaillardi F. Salvat, 1967
  Fissurella gemmata Menke. , 1847 West America
  Fissurella latimarginata Sowerby, 1835 Chile
  Fissurella limbata Sowerby, 1835 Chile
  Fissurella longifissa Sowerby, 1862
  Fissurella macrotrema Sowerby, 1835 West America 
  Fissurella maxima Sowerby, 1835 West America
  Fissurella mesoatlantica Simone, 2008
  Fissurella microtrema Sowerby, 1835
  Fissurella morrisoni F. S. Mclean, 1970 West America
  Fissurella mutabilis Sowerby, 1835
  Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848
  Fissurella nigra Lesson, 1831
  Fissurella nigrocincta Carpenter, 1856 West America
  Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778)
  Fissurella nubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Fissurella obscura Sowerby, 1835 West America
  Fissurella oriens Sowerby, 1835
  Fissurella peruviana Lamarck, 1822 Southeast Pacific
  Fissurella peruviana occidens A. A. Gould , Southeast Pacific
  Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791)
  Fissurella pulchra Sowerby, 1834
  Fissurella punctata Pérez Farfante, 1943
  Fissurella radiosa Lesson, 1831
  Fissurella radiosa radiosa Lesson, 1831
  Fissurella radiosa tixierae Métivier, 1969
  Fissurella robusta Sowerby, 1889
  Fissurella rosea (Gmelin, 1791)
  Fissurella rubropicta Pilsbry, 1890 West America
  Fissurella salvatiana Christiaens, 1982
  Fissurella schrammii Fischer, 1857
  Fissurella spongiosa Carpenter, 1857 West America
  Fissurella subrostrata Sowerby, 1835
  Fissurella verna Gould, 1846
  Fissurella virescens Sowerby, 1835 West America
  Fissurella volcano Reeve, 1849
  The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database adds the following species to the list 
  Fissurella delicata Smith, 1899
  Fissurella excelsa Adams & Reeve, 1850
  Fissurella sibogae Schepman, 1908
  The following species are also mentioned by Schooner specimen shells. This list may contain synonyms.
  Fissurella gemmulata L. A. Reeve, 1850 Puerto Rico
  Fissurella glaucopsis L. A. Reeve, 1850 Cape Verde
  Fissurella humphreysi L. A. Reeve, 1850 Cape Verde
  Fissurella nodosa crusoe Pérez Farfante, Trinidad
  Species brought into synonymy
  Fissurella aequalis G.B. Sowerby I, 1835: synonym of Lucapinella aequalis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835)
  Fissurella affinis Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1835: synonym of Fissurella peruviana Lamarck, 1822
  Fissurella alba Philippi, 1845: synonym of Fissurella oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
  Fissurella alboradiata Turton, 1932: synonym of Fissurella mutabilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
  Fissurella alta C. B. Adams, 1852: synonym of Diodora alta (C. B. Adams, 1852)
  Fissurella alternata Say, 1822: synonym of Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822)
  Fissurella aperta G.B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Pupillaea aperta (Sowerby I, 1825)
  Fissurella arcuata G. B. Sowerby II, 1862: synonym of Diodora arcuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1862)
  Fissurella arenicola Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885: synonym of Fissurella oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
  Fissurella aspera Rathke, 1833: synonym of Diodora aspera (Rathke, 1833)
  Fissurella atrata Reeve, 1850: synonym of Fissurella picta (Gmelin, 1791)
  Fissurella australis Philippi, 1845: synonym of Fissurella oriens G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
  Fissurella australis Krauss, 1848: synonym of 
caption: Fissurella crassa
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