Scutus anatinus | |
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Shell of Scutus anatinus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
Genus: | Scutus |
Species: | S. anatinus |
Binomial name | |
Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820) | |
Synonyms | |
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Scutus anatinus is a species of sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1]
The length of the shell attains 73.7 mm.
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This marine species occurs off Australia.
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