Cellana flava
Appearance
Cellana flava | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Family: | Nacellidae |
Genus: | Cellana |
Species: | C. flava
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Binomial name | |
Cellana flava (Martyn, 1784)
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Synonyms | |
Patella flava Hutton, 1873 |
Cellana flava is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.
This species is easily identified on the basis of the orange colour of its shell and the light coloured head and foot.
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References
- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99