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Type genus of the family Fissurellidae keyhole limpets
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fissurella
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Fissurella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets , marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets .
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n. (context zoology English) Any of the genus (taxlink Fissurella genus) of marine gastropod mollusks.
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Fissurella \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 .