''Cellana'' is a

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of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the

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Nacellidae Nacellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Patellogastropoda. Taxonomy Nacellidae was the only family in the superfamily Nacelloidea as described by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), ...

, the true limpets.WoRMS (2010). Cellana H. Adams, 1869. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205749 on 2010-10-31

Distribution

This genus occurs in the temperate and tropical Indo-Pacific oceans,

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(where they are known as ''‘opihi'' and considered a delicacy) and around Australia and

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. Species are also found around the coasts of Japan, the

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and the sub-Antartarctic Islands. One species, '' Cellana radiata'', is cosmopolitan. These sea snails feed by grazing on green macroalgae growing on rocky substrate in the intertidal zone. Some of these limpets can live up to 7 years, however most do not get older than 2–3 years. They reproduce by broadcasting their spawn in large, yolky eggs in great numbers (between 20,000 for ''C. flava'' and ''C. denticulata'' to 230,000 for ''C. ornata'').

Species

Species within the genus ''Cellana'' include: * '' Cellana analogia'' Iredale, 1940 * '' Cellana ardosiaea'' (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) * † '' Cellana bosoensis'' Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013 * Cellana capensis (Gmelin, 1791) * † '' Cellana carpenteriana'' Skwarko, 1966 * '' Cellana conciliata'' Iredale, 1940 - Rainbow limpet * † '' Cellana cophina'' Powell, 1973 * '' Cellana craticulata'' Suter, 1905 * † '' Cellana cudmorei'' Chapman & Gabriel, 1923 * '' Cellana cylindrica'' ( Gmelin, 1791) * † '' Cellana deformis'' (K. Martin, 1883)Powell * '' Cellana denticulata'' Martyn, 1784 * '' Cellana dira'' ( Reeve, 1855) * '' Cellana enneagona'' (Reeve, 1854) * '' Cellana eucosmia''

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, 1891 (possibly synonym of ''C. grata'') * ''

Cellana exarata ''Cellana exarata'', common name the black-foot ʻopihi and Hawaiian blackfoot is a species of edible true limpet, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets. ‘Opih ...

'' - Hawaiian blackfoot ''opihi'' * '' Cellana flava'' Hutton, 1873 * '' Cellana granostriata'' ( Reeve, 1855) * '' Cellana grata''

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, 1859 ** '' Cellana grata stearnsi''

, 1891 * † '' Cellana hentyi'' Chapman & Gabriel, 1923 * '' Cellana howensis'' Iredale, 1940 Indo-Pacific * † '' Cellana igniculus'' Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013 * † '' Cellana kamatakiensis'' Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013 * '' Cellana karachiensis'' Winckworth, 1930 Red Sea * † '' Cellana kobayashii'' Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013 * '' Cellana livescens'' ( Reeve, 1855) * '' Cellana mazatlandica'' Sowerby, 1839 * '' Cellana melanostoma''

, 1891 * '' Cellana nigrolineata'' Reeve, 1854 * '' Cellana oliveri'' Powell, 1955 * '' Cellana orientalis'' (Pilsbry, 1891) * '' Cellana ornata'' Dillwyn, 1817 * '' Cellana pricei'' Powell, 1973 * '' Cellana radians'' ( Gmelin, 1791) * '' Cellana radiata'' I. von Born, 1778 ** '' Cellana radiata capensis'' ( Gmelin, 1791) ** ''

Cellana radiata radiata ''Cellana'' is a genus of sea snails or limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Nacellidae, the true limpets.WoRMS (2010). Cellana H. Adams, 1869. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World ...

'' (Born, 1778) * '' Cellana rota'' ( Gmelin, 1791) * ''

Cellana sandwicensis ''Cellana sandwicensis'', common name the yellow-foot ʻopihi, is a species of edible true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets. Distribution This species is endemic to the islands ...

'' (Pease, 1861) * '' Cellana solida'' Blainville, 1825 * '' Cellana sontica'' Iredale, 1940 * '' Cellana stellifera'' Gmelin, 1791 * '' Cellana strigilis'' Powell, 1955 ** '' Cellana strigilis strigilis'' Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 ** '' Cellana strigilis bollonsi'' Powell, 1955 ** '' Cellana strigilis chathamensis'' (

, 1891) ** '' Cellana strigilis flemingi'' Powell, 1955 ** '' Cellana strigilis oliveri'' Powell, 1955 ** '' Cellana strigilis redimiculum'' ( Reeve, 1854) * † '' Cellana taberna'' Powell, 1973 * '' Cellana taitensis'' Röding, 1798 * '' Cellana talcosa''

, 1846 * '' Cellana testudinaria''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758 * † '' Cellana thomsoni'' Powell & Bartrum, 1929 * '' Cellana toreuma'' Reeve, 1855 * '' Cellana tramoserica'' Holten, 1802 * '' Cellana turbator'' Iredale, 1940 * '' Cellana vitiensis'' Powell, 1973 * † ''

Cellana yamamotoi ''Cellana'' is a genus of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nacellidae, the true limpets.WoRMS (2010). Cellana H. Adams, 1869. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

'' Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013 The sources given below, also mention the following species : * '' Cellana ampla'' * '' Cellana ardosioea'' Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 * '' Cellana argentata'' Sowerby, 1839 * '' Cellana enneagona'' Reeve, 1854 * '' Cellana nigrisquamata'' Reeve, 1854 **'' Cellana profunda mauritiana''

, 1891 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Cellana capensis'' ( Gmelin, 1791): synonym of '' Cellana radiata'' (Born, 1778) * ''Cellana cernica'' ( Adams, 1869): synonym of '' Cellana livescens'' ( Reeve, 1855) * ''Cellana eudora'' Iredale, 1940: synonym of ''Cellana radiata orientalis'' (Pilsbry, 1891) * ''Cellana garconi'' (Deshayes, 1863): synonym of '' Cellana livescens'' ( Reeve, 1855) * ''Cellana hedleyi'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of '' Cellana craticulata'' (Suter, 1905) * ''Cellana laticostata'' (Blainville, 1825): synonym of '' Scutellastra laticostata'' (Blainville, 1825) * ''Cellana sagittata'' A. A. Gould, 1846 : synonym of '' Cellana vitiensis'' Powell, 1973 * ''Cellana scopulina'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1926: synonym of '' Cellana craticulata'' (Suter, 1905) * ''Cellana vulcanicus'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of '' Cellana craticulata'' (Suter, 1905)

References

External links

Shell-bearing Mollusca: Gastropoda: Archeogastropoda & Mesogastropoda
* Goldstien S. J. (2005)
"Phylogeography of the ''Cellana'' limpets of New Zealand: Investigating Barriers to Marine Dispersal and Historical Biogeography"
Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 162 pp. * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Powell A. W. B. (1973). ''The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae)''. Indo-Pacific Mollusca, 3(15): 75-206. * Willassen E., Williams A. B. & Oskars T. R. (2016). "New observations of the enigmatic West African Cellana limpet (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nacellidae)". ''

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