Scutus antipodes
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Elephant Snail on a Rock Side View | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Scutus |
Species: | S. antipodes
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Binomial name | |
Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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[]
- ^ a b Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.
External links[]
Categories:
- Fissurellidae
- Gastropods described in 1817
- Fissurellidae stubs