Cellana taitensis

Cellana taitensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Nacellidae
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. taitensis
Binomial name
	Cellana taitensis; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Patella tahiticaCurtiss, 1938 ; Tectura tahitensisPease, 1868 ;

Last updated September 05, 2025

Cellana taitensis is a species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 23 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed along French Polynesia and Pitcairn

References

1 2 Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798) . WoRMS (2010). Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456654 on 31 October 2010 .

Nakano & Ozawa (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1) 79-99

External links

"Cellana taitensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798) . WoRMS (2010). Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456654 on 31 October 2010 .

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Cellana taitensis

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Description

Distribution

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