Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Lepetellida > Superfamily Fissurelloidea > Family Fissurellidae > Subfamily Fissurellinae > Genus Fissurella

Fissurella nubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fissurella*	Bruguière, 1789	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fissurella cinnabrina*	O. G. Costa, 1839	synonym
*Fissurella lilacina*	O. G. Costa, 1839	synonym
*Fissurella mondelloensis*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Fissurella nubecula var. elliptica*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Fissurella philippii*	Requien, 1848	synonym
*Fissurella viridis*	O. G. Costa, 1839	synonym
*Patella nubecula*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Patella rosea*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
additional source	Nicklès, M. (1950). Mollusques testacés marins de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. Manuels Ouest-Africains: 2. Paris: Lechevalier. 269 pp.
additional source	Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fissurella nubecula (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139970