Dictionary Definitions, Synomyns, Antonyms, and related words for Fissurella
Definitions for: Fissurella
[n] type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.