Scutellastra aphanes

Scutellastra aphanes
Scutellastra aphanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Patelloidea
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Scutellastra
Species: S. aphanes
Binomial name
Scutellastra aphanes
(Robson, 1986)
Synonyms
  • Patella (Scutellastra) aphanes Robson, 1986
  • Patella aphanes Robson, 1986

Scutellastra aphanes is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Distribution

Scutellastra aphanes, ventral view

References


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