Scutus antipodes

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Scutus antipodes
Elephant Snail (Scutus antipodes).jpg
Elephant Snail on a Rock Side View
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Scutus
Species:
S. antipodes
Binomial name
Scutus antipodes
Montfort, 1817
Synonyms[1]

Scutus antipodes is a large species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1] S. antipodes is endemic to the waters off eastern Australia and Tasmania.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.

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