Cellana livescens

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Cellana livescens
Hemitoma livescens 002.jpg
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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 livescensReeve, 1855
  • Hemitoma livescens(Reeve, 1855)
  • Nacella cernicaH. Adams, 1869
  • Patella cernica (H. Adams, 1869)
  • Patella garconiDeshayes, 1863
  • Patella livescensReeve, 1855 (original combination)
  • Patella novemradiataQuoy & Gaimard, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella novemradiataFischer de Waldheim, 1805)

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

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Description

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

Distribution

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

ventral view Hemitoma livescens 001.jpg
ventral view

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References

  1. 1 2 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