Cellana

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Cellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Patellogastropoda
Suborder: Patellina
Superfamily: Patelloidea
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Cellana
H. Adams, 1869
Species

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Cellana is a genus of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.

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[edit] Range of distribution

This genus is found in the Indo-Pacific area, in warm and temperate seas.

[edit] Anatomy

The animal has the branchial cordon interrupted in front.

[edit] Species

[edit] References