Cellana toreuma

Cellana toreuma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Nacellidae
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. toreuma
Binomial name
Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1854)
Synonyms [1]
Patella toreumaReeve, 1854 (original combination)

Cellana toreuma is a species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

Mainly distributed in South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, ^[3] Japan, ^[1] Ryukyu and Vietnam. ^[4]

Parasite

This species is the ectoparasitic host of Philoblenna tumida Ho, 1981 ^[1] 。

Gallery

apical view of the shell

ventral view of the shell

References

1. "Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1854)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2016-11-10.
2. "Cellana toreuma". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). 42758.
3. "国际贝库：花笠螺" [International shell base: Cellana toreuma] (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2009-08-11.
4. "Cellana toreuma".

• Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99.