Scutellastra longicosta

Scutellastra longicosta
Scutellastra longicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Patelloidea
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Scutellastra
Species: S. longicosta
Binomial name
Scutellastra longicosta
(Lamarck, 1819)
Synonyms[1]

Patella (Scutellastra) longicosta Linnaeus, 1819

Scutellastra longicosta (common name : long-spined limpet) 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]

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Description

Distribution

This species can be found at the East and South Coast of South Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Scutellastra longicosta (Lamarck, 1819).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456673 on 123 September 2010.