Scutus anatinus

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Scutus anatinus
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Shell of Scutus anatinus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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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
  • Parmophorus convexusQuoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Patella ambiguaDillwyn, 1817
  • Patella anatinaDonovan, 1820
  • Scutus ambiguus(Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Scutus astrolabeusHedley, 1917
  • Scutus australis(Lamarck, 1822)

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]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 73.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia.

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