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Scutellastra flexuosa

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Scutellastra flexuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Patelloidea
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Scutellastra
Species:
S. flexuosa
Binomial name
Scutellastra flexuosa
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Patella (Ancistromesus) stellaeformis Reeve, 1842
  • Patella (Scutellastra) stellaeformis Reeve, 1842
  • Patella alba Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella alba da Costa, 1771)
  • Patella cretacea Reeve, 1854
  • Patella flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Patella moreli Deshayes, 1863
  • Patella paumotensis Gould, 1846
  • Patella stellaeformis Reeve, 1842
  • Patella stellaeformis tuamutuensis Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
  • Patella tara Prashad & Rao, 1934
  • Penepatella inquisitor Iredale, 1929 (junior synonym)

Scutellastra flexuosa is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 25.4 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Mauritius and Vanikoro (Solomon Island).

ventral view

References

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  • Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99.
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