Scutellastra natalensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Family: | Patellidae |
Genus: | Scutellastra |
Species: | S. natalensis |
Binomial name | |
Scutellastra natalensis (Krauss, 1848) | |
Synonyms | |
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Scutellastra natalensis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. [1]
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This species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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