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Cellana livescens

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Cellana livescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Cellana
Species:
C. livescens
Binomial name
Cellana livescens
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cellana cernica (H. Adams, 1869)
  • Cellana garconi (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Helcioniscus livescens Reeve, 1855
  • Hemitoma livescens (Reeve, 1855)
  • Nacella cernica H. Adams, 1869
  • Patella cernica (H. Adams, 1869)
  • Patella garconi Deshayes, 1863
  • Patella livescens Reeve, 1855 (original combination)
  • Patella novemradiata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella novemradiata Fischer de Waldheim, 1805)

Cellana livescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae.[1]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 18 and 50 mm (0.71 and 1.97 in).

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

ventral view

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207652 on 2013-01-16
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21–74
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
  • Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. Apex 1(4): 97–127
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  • "Cellana livescens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.