Cellana livescens

Cellana livescens
Scientific classification
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]

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

References

1. 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

External links

• "Cellana livescens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.