Scutus breviculus
| Scutus breviculus | |
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| View of the anterior end of a live animal of Scutus breviculus out of the water | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginullinae |
| Tribe: | Scutini |
| Genus: | Scutus |
| Subgenus: | Scutus |
| Species: | S. breviculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scutus breviculus Blainville, 1817 | |
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Dorsal side of the shell, anterior end towards the right
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Ventral side of the shell
Scutus breviculus is a species of large sea snail or limpet with the common name "shield shell". It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
Distribution
This species occurs in New Zealand.[1]
References
- ↑ Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Further reading
- Owen G. (1958). "Observations on the stomach and digestive gland of Scutus breviculus (Blainville)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 33(3): 103-114. abstract
- Tucker L. E. (15 December 1970). "Effects of external salinity on Scutus breviculus (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) — II. Nerve conduction". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 37(4): 467-472. doi:10.1016/0010-406X(70)90093-9
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