Scutus unguis

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Scutus unguis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Scutus
Species:
S. unguis
Binomial name
Scutus unguis
Synonyms
  • Parmophorus corrugatusReeve, 1842
  • Parmophorus elegansGray, 1825 ·
  • Parmophorus imbricatusQuoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Patella unguisLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Scutus (Aviscutum) unguis(Linnaeus, 1758) · alternate representation
  • Scutus angustatusA. Adams, 1851
  • Scutus corrugatus(Reeve, 1842)
  • Scutus granulatus(Blainville, 1819)
  • Scutus parunguisIredale, 1940 ·

Scutus unguis, common name the northern duck's bill, is a species of large 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 25.7 mm.

White shell, up to 6 cm long, distinctive by absence of slit or apical hole, though there is a small indent in the posterior margin. The mantle has purple brown markings on a cream background. Habitat: shallow-water rocks and coral. (Richmond, 1997) [1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from the Red Sea to the Solomon Islands; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References

  1. 1 2 Scutus unguis (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.