Cellana taitensis

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Cellana taitensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Cellana
Species:
C. taitensis
Binomial name
Cellana taitensis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms [1]
  • Patella tahiticaCurtiss, 1938
  • Tectura tahitensisPease, 1868

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 23 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed along French Polynesia and Pitcairn

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References

  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 .