Scutellastra obtecta

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Scutellastra obtecta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Scutellastra
Species:
S. obtecta
Binomial name
Scutellastra obtecta
(Krauss, 1848)

Scutellastra obtecta 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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