Scutellastra flexuosa

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Scutellastra flexuosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Patelloidea
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Scutellastra
Species:
S. flexuosa
Binomial name
Scutellastra flexuosa
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Patella (Ancistromesus) stellaeformisReeve, 1842
  • Patella (Scutellastra) stellaeformisReeve, 1842
  • Patella albaHombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella albada Costa, 1771)
  • Patella cretaceaReeve, 1854
  • Patella flexuosaQuoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Patella moreliDeshayes, 1863
  • Patella paumotensisGould, 1846
  • Patella stellaeformisReeve, 1842
  • Patella stellaeformis tuamutuensisDautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
  • Patella taraPrashad & Rao, 1934
  • Penepatella inquisitorIredale, 1929 (junior synonym)

Scutellastra flexuosa is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 25.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius and Vanikoro (Solomon Island).

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ventral view

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References

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