''Scutus antipodes'', also known as the elephant snail is a large
species
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of marine
gastropod mollusc in the
family
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Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
''S. antipodes'' is endemic to the waters off eastern
Australia and
Tasmania
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[Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). ''Guide to Seashells of the World.'' Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.]
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Elephant snail
Fissurellidae
Gastropods described in 1817
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