''Scutellastra'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails with gills, typical true
limpets,
marine gastropod molluscs in the
family
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Patellidae
Patellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda.
(The superfamily Patelloidea should not be confused with the similar-sounding genus of true limpets '' Patelloida'' which ...
, the true limpets.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). Scutellastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225716 on 2012-06-08]
In Branch et al. 2002, ''Scutellastra'' is mentioned as a genus while according to Vaught it is actually a subgenus. All species listed in Branch et al. as belonging to the genus of ''Scutellastra'' were not entered into the database under this genus, but were directly placed under ''Patella (Scutellastra)'' - being the right taxonomic classification according to Vaught.
Species
Species within the genus ''Scutellastra'' include:
''Scutellastra''
WoRMS.
* '' Scutellastra aphanes'' (Robson, 1986)
* '' Scutellastra argenvillei'' (Krauss, 1848)
* † '' Scutellastra aurorae'' (C. A. Fleming, 1973)
* '' Scutellastra barbara'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Scutellastra chapmani'' (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
* ''Scutellastra cochlear
''Scutellastra cochlear'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. It is commonly known as the snail patella, the pear limpet or the spoon limpet and is native to Sout ...
'' (Born, 1778)
* † '' Scutellastra cooperi'' Powell, 1938
* '' Scutellastra exusta'' (Reeve, 1854)
* '' Scutellastra flexuosa'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* '' Scutellastra granularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Scutellastra kermadecensis'' (Pilsbry, 1894)
* '' Scutellastra laticostata'' (Blainville, 1825)
* '' Scutellastra longicosta'' (Lamarck, 1819)
* '' Scutellastra mexicana'' (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
* '' Scutellastra miliaris'' (Philippi, 1848)
* '' Scutellastra natalensis'' (F. Krauss, 1848)
* '' Scutellastra obtecta'' (Krauss, 1848)
* '' Scutellastra optima'' (Pilsbry, 1927)
* '' Scutellastra peronii'' (Blainville, 1825)
* '' Scutellastra tabularis'' (Krauss, 1848)
* '' Scutellastra tucopiana'' Powell, 1925
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Scutellastra pica'' (Reeve, 1854): synonym of ''Scutellastra exusta'' (Reeve, 1854)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* BRANCH M.L., GRIFFITHS C.L., KENSLEY B., SIEG J. 1991. ''The benthic Crustacea of subantarctic Marion and Prince Edward Islands: Illustrated keys to the species and results of the 1982-1989'' University of Cape Town Surveys. South African Journal of Antarctic Research, 21(1): 3-44.
External links
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls.
Dall, W. H. (1871). Preliminary sketch of a natural arrangement of the order Docoglossa. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 14: 49-54
Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278
Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31
Patellidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)
Taxa named by Henry Adams (zoologist)
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