Scutus howensis

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Scutus howensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Scutus
Species:
S. howensis
Binomial name
Scutus howensis
Iredale, 1940

Scutus howensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1]

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Scutus howensis Iredale, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492563 on 2012-12-31