Fissurella spreta

mantled keyhole limpet

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Lepetellida › Fissurellidae

Collected by: Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Locality: Africa; South Africa; Cape Colony
Region: Africa
Record type: Preservedspecimen

Pupillaea aperta observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 167 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27

Zuid-Afrika

(c) brent_hoogervorst, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10

Western Cape, ZA

(c) Lily Bovim, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-10

Western Cape, ZA

(c) Lily Bovim, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-16

A-Frame, Simonstown, Cape Town, South Africa

(c) Peter Swart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-01

South Africa

(c) markgrtdixon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-19

atlantis reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Cite this specimen

Fissurella spreta. BPBM 225914. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36861596. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/225914.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36861596 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026