Cellana taitensis
| Cellana taitensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Lottioidea |
| Genus: | Cellana |
| Species: | C. taitensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Tectura tahitensis Pease, 1868 | |
Cellana taitensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 23 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed along French Polynesia and Pitcairn
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2010). Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456654 on 31 October 2010.
- Nakano & Ozawa (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1) 79-99